Green garden peas are a valuable source of protein, iron and insoluble fiber. Sugar snap peas contain less protein, but are an excellent source of iron and vitamin C.
Play With Your Food
Bring fresh green garden peas to class for students to examine and shell.
- Students arrange the peas according to size.
- Students estimate the number of peas in the pods before shelling them.
- Students use tally marks to count the peas.
- Students graph number of peas per pod.
- Students use the peas to construct addition and subtraction facts.
- Students develop strategies for estimating the total number of peas.
- Students use peas to develop multiplication and division algorithms (e.g., four groups of three peas, etc.)
Bring fresh snow peas, canned peas and frozen peas for a taste test. Graph preferences. (Fresh peas taste good raw,
right out of the shell.)
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