Last Day of Teaching at Mounds Park

Today was the last day we were able to go into Mounds Park Academy to teach our 3rd and 4th grade classes. They finally got to harvest and eat their microgreens, which was really exciting. They absolutely DEVOURED them too! During the first lesson we had kids saying "Oh, I probably won't eat any" but today they liked them so much that we had kids going back for seconds and thirds of the peas and sunflowers. One class even had enough that they could take some home in bags.
At the end of our lesson we had them write responses to a few wrap-up questions and got some really good feedback. One question we asked was what was the most interesting thing they learned. Their responses ranged from excitement that you could eat sunflowers, to interest in how some parts of different plants are poisonous, to happiness that the seeds grew so fast and were good to eat. One class even included why they think it's important for them to know how food grows and they had really insightful answers. Many put that they need to know how their food grows in order to know what is going into their bodies when they eat, that it would be important to know if they want to grow their own food, and that so you know how to plant food to feed others. Lastly, we got some great thank you notes and drawings that I've shared below.