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Everyday Foods from Rainforests

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Science›Rainforests|Ages 5—7|ID: mt_s08-QxASd2

Know that many everyday foods come from rainforests — chocolate is made from cacao beans, bananas grow in tropical forests, coffee berries ripen in forest shade, and Brazil nuts fall from giant trees — connecting our daily lives to faraway forests

Mastery Evidence

  • Name at least three foods that come from rainforests, such as chocolate (cacao), bananas, and Brazil nuts
  • Explain that cacao beans grow on trees in the rainforest and are made into chocolate
  • Connect their own food choices to rainforest origins by identifying a product they eat that comes from the forest

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] is eating a chocolate bar or a banana, can they tell you that those foods originally come from rainforests?”

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