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Save The Date!
The next Great Big Crunch will be on Thursday, March 8th 2012 at 2:30pm EST
- Click here to read all about last year's Great Big Crunch, including photos, videos and poems by students across Ontario.
- Download Activities and Resources for your own Great Big Crunch
What:
A day of apple education in the classroom ending with a synchronized ‘Great Big’ classroom apple ‘Crunch’.FoodShare's Great Big Crunch invites students and teachers to learn about healthy eating and local and global food systems while following the journey from the apple seed, to the harvest, to the market, to the core.
When:
The 2012 Great Big Crunch is scheduled for Thursday, March 8th at 2:30pm E.S.T - but you can crunch anytime! Don't forget to register with us, we want to count your crunches towards the grand total no matter when you do it.
Where:
In classrooms and communities across Canada...and beyond!Why:
- To promote, celebrate and enjoy healthy snacking
- To highlight availability of local apples all year round
- To use the apple as the centerpiece for activities on nutrition, cross pollination, composting, food systems, and more
The Great Big Crunch is a great way to get your students excited about Nutrition Month and knowing that they are a part of a cross Canadian crunch adds even more 'a peel'. Whether your class participates in a day's worth of activities, an afternoon or just one Great Big Crunch we hope your students come away from the experience with an enhanced interest in and understanding of apples, from seed to table.
Who:
Students, teachers and individuals across the country interested in learning more about apples and participating in a cross Canada salute to healthy and local eating.How:
To take part, simply download, print and fill out the registration form (in French here)and fax it back to us on 416.363.0474, Attention: Brooke Ziebell, Field to Table Schools.Once you've registered with us,
- Download FoodShare's Great Big Crunch classroom activities, or develop your own. To share your apple activities or photos with others, please forward them onto us at thegreatbigcrunch@foodshare.net, we'd love to see them!
- Purchase local apples for the Great Big Crunch from your local green grocer, farmer's market or supermarket. For those in Toronto, you have the option of ordering from the FoodShare warehouse. For more information, email thegreatbigcrunch@foodshare.net
- On Thursday, March 8th, run the Great Big Crunch in your classroom and enhance your students' understanding of the food system through the journey of an apple from seed to table. Distribute the apples to your students and on your count, have the whole class take a Great Big Crunch together at 2:30pm E.S.T!
For the Record…
In 2009 28,863 students participated in 125 schools from coast to coast, with teachers, staff and parents in a cross Canada synchronized apple crunch.
In 2010 nearly 64,000 students from across Canada joined The Great Big Crunch 2010--as well as some from Amsterdam and Morocco!
The 2011 Great Big Crunch was the Loudest EVER Victory for Food Literacy across Canada with 112,352 Crunchers tallied.
Get your students on board to beat our record in 2012!
Great Big Crunch Activities and Resources
Here are suggested activities and resources to highlight the benefits of eating healthy and delicious Canadian apples while learning a bit more about the food system.Apple-Themed Story Books Perfect for Your Classroom!
Review Field to Table Schools' favourite apple books for simple ideas for your classroom.2011 Classroom Activities!
For appl-icious food literacy activities for your students, download here!Download as a PDF (English) >>
Download as a PDF (French) >>2010 Classroom Activities!
New to crunching? Review our favourite apple activities from 2010!Crunch Media
Click here to see a photo album from the Great Big Crunch 2008The Great Big Crunch Miramichi, NB
The Great Big Crunch in Sudbury
A great big crunch (with video)
Great big crunch for dietary change
Big Crunch, a taste of healthy living
Crunch Is The Sound Of 200 Cortlands At Cambridge School
