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Corn

YES
Today our component went to Manchester Market and looked at all the groceries within the store that was made by a corn product. The majority of the sweets, cereals, dressings, and marinade was made from corn syrup or dextrose. Both of these substances are by-products of corn. It is surprising the amount of substances that are my corn. in the future, I hope that America learns to be more self-sufficient without corn.

Today

YES | Agriscience
We had fun we went to the store to see how many items had corn in it it was pretty amazing to see how many item had corn it it there was at least 118 items that had corn in it. Didn't think that it could be that much maybe even more!

The food pyramid

YES | Agriscience
Today agriscience talked about our food system. We made our own food systems we based it off of how food is made all the way to how it gets into your refrigerator.

Competitive shopping

YES
Today we went to farmers market and had a competition for which for which group could find the most foods that contain corn in them. And not only foods but even materials such as soap,toothpaste and even detergent ! Enywhoo my group won and we got candy :)we also practiced how we where going to be teaching the kids. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Competitive shopping

YES
Today we went to farmers market and had a competition for which for which group could find the most foods that contain corn in them. And not only foods but even materials such as soap,toothpaste and even detergent ! Enywhoo my group won and we got candy :)we also practiced how we where going to be teaching the kids. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Food Scavenger Hunt

YES | Agriscience
06/18/2013 - 8:51am
Today we went to Manchester Market and had a race to see who could find the most products made from corn. My group won. We found a total of 105 corn products. We won Hershey drops, gumdrops, and yogurt covered pretzels. A lot of unusual things are made from corn like diapers, dry wall, and spark gloves.