FOOD FIELD NOTES

What would you like to find out?

Pick one question to take into the playground. Each lesson opens with a fruit you can turn and a small detail to look for. You can also read every activity here without opening the game.

Can you find a layer inside a layer?

Start with the lemon. Follow the yellow peel to the white pith, then trace one juicy segment. Which part touches the outside?

Try the orange next. Draw the edge of a single segment. Which features from your lemon drawing can you find again?

Can a round fruit be a pear?

Open the apple and predict where its seeds will be before you look. Point to the core and follow the flesh out towards the skin.

Compare a pear. Sketch its outline and mark its core. A round Asian pear can look more like an apple than the long-necked pear in the playground. What clue does the outline leave out?

Where would you look for a watermelon?

Visit the melon patch. Trace the vine along the ground to the fruit. Then visit the apple orchard and point to the part that holds the apple up. Try drawing both plants on the same ground line.

Teaching a pair or a small group? The grown-up guide includes a two-fruit activity and an observation sheet you can print.