Organic Food Project
Objective: Students will develop an educated opinion regarding growing organic
food vs. traditional growing methods such as the topic discussed Integrated Pest
Management. The student will also develop a deep understanding of IPM so that
they can make an educated decision whether or not it is worth it to buy organic
food.
Directions: Students will use the internet to research the benefits and
disadvantages of organically grown crops vs. crops grown with traditional methods
(using chemicals). Students will create a newspaper article using a Newsletter
Template on Microsoft Word to create an opinion article that might be featured in
a local newspaper. The newspaper article will include the following things…
Your opinion if it is worth it to buy organic food
3 Pluses for organic food
3 negatives for organically grown food
Pesticide allowances for foods in the US.
Organic food is
Main principles of Integrated pest managment
Guidelines organically grown food needs to be grown with
Examples of negative effects of pesticides on humans
Examples of negative effects of pesticides on the environment
Picture
Newspaper name
Article name
You will be graded on the following criteria…
Neatness
Grammar
Your project must include the above items
Your project must look like a real newspaper article
Your project must have pictures