Project Title: The Spices and Cuisine of Mexico
 

PROJECT SUMMARY: This page exists to educate about three specific spices, cumin, mesquite, and cilantro, that thrive in Mexico.  We hope to demonstrate how they relate to the climate and geography, in addition to their places in Mexican cuisine.

 

Pan Wong

Medina Jackson-Brown

Margee Prat

 

mkprat@gmail.com

panpan.wong@hotmail.com

msamiraj@aol.com




 


Subject: Science

Grade Level: Middle School

Number of Classsroom hours spent on the project:  1


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STANDARDS

-develop an understanding of an Earth system (NSF content standard D)
-develop an understanding about science and technology (NSF content standard E)

 

 

 

 


Students will: investigate three distinct Mexican spices, how they grow, where they grow, and their role in Mexican cuisine.



WEB SITES:

http://mkprat.googlepages.com/home 

http://panwon.googlepages.com/esc529culturequest

http://medina.jackson.googlepages.com/cilantro

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listcultureme.html
 



 


OVERALL VALUE:

Students will learn about three distinct spices, where and how they grow, and how they fit into Mexican cuisine.


TIPS FOR TEACHERS:

This culture quest is interesting if you are doing a unit on climate or geography because it helps delinate how Mexican cuisine is related to its climate and geography.

 


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
We used various websites and encyclopedias to research our culture quest.

 

   
 


  Please e-mail us to let us know how you used the project