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Become a Smarter Shopper
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Empower your students to make better choices with a hands-on learning experience in and amongst all the food options. While they’re at it, they’ll gain a fresh perspective on their local grocery store and the role it plays in their daily lives and in the community as a whole. During this trip, they’ll learn:
- Smart decision-making using the food groups
- Where food comes from
- Protecting the environment with our everyday decisions
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Every Tour Stop Becomes A Teaching Moment
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This 60 or 90 minute adventure will be customized to your group’s learning level by a trained tour guide. Dietary information, consumer responsibility and store operations will all be presented with entertaining, age-appropriate talking points. They’ll be talking about this trip for days!
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Look at What Your Colleagues are Saying
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“The food was delicious of course, but the way we went over all the produce really engaged the interest of the students.”
-Laura Soucek, Teacher
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“It's great for my students to get a chance to tour a grocery store as part of their life skills curriculum. This will help them in their future to know the grocery store and to better utilize it.”
-Jennifer Bisig, Middle School Teacher
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“As an educator, I liked the talk about how to make healthy choices. “
-Linda Blaize, Teacher.
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| Trip Learning Standards
Health
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- Understands essential concepts about nutrition and diet.
- Knows how to maintain and promote personal health.
- Understands the fundamental concepts of growth and development. function
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Life Work
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- Manages money effectively.
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Mathematics
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- Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation.
- Understands general nature and use of math.
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Working With Others
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- Contributes to an overall effort of a group.
- Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrates leadership skills.
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Physical Education
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- Uses a variety of basic and advanced movement forms.
- Understands benefits associated with participation in physical activity.
- Understands how to monitor and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
- Understands the social and personal responsibility associated with participation in physical activity.
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| Scout Badge Requirements
Girl Scouts - Brownie
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- Eat Right, Stay Healthy
- Healthy Habits
- Penny Power
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girl scouts - junior
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- A Healthier You
- Consumer Power
- Food Power
- Highway to Health
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girl scouts - cadette
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- Dollars and Sense
- The Food Connection
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boy scouts
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Bus Funding
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We know that while our trips are FREE, your busing situation may not be so cost-effective. We have three different options to help get you to the field trip for FREE too! Click the MORE BUS FUNDING INFO button below to find out your next steps!
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