Chapulines

Overview & Purpose:

Students will be able to identify and explain the role of chapulines from a scientific, mathematical, artistic and culturally historic viewpoint.


Objective:

Students will be able to explain the nutritional value of the chapulin, in addition to its cultural significance, calculate the force of a grasshopper’s jump and be able to cook a grasshopper.


Materials:

computer

hot plate

cooking vessel

calculators

pencil and paper

internet access

container to collect the grasshoppers

nets

bug spray


Instruction:

Identify the nutritional value of the chapulines to the diets of the people of Central Mexico.  For example, is there protein in a chapulin?  If so, how much?  What percent of a person’s recommended daily intake does it contain?

Calculate the force of a grasshopper’s jump by watching the link below to watch a video that explains the steps: Kinetics of Grasshopper Hops –      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-JVepPdZbY

Follow the link below for catching and cooking grasshoppers.

http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Grasshoppers

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curriculum

    intro: why stream?

       hula hooping

        repousse/repujado

        art of motion

        pedal power

        heart to heart

        working it

        science cooks

        guerrilla gardening

        meaning of food

        taste of the world

        world in community

        chapulines

        cochinilla

       community monuments

        it’s a lifestyle change

        it’s my mental health

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