- tomatoes
- peppers
- yogurt dip
- dried fruit and nut mix
- avocado
- black beans
and the second list:
- tortillas
- bananas
- cucumbers
- garbanzo beans
- apples
- peppers (red, green, etc.)
- milk
- large carrots
- spinach
I feel pretty secure that we eat fairly healthy and the kids know how to pick some fruits and vegetables and how to prepare them. Then Hedgehog got an assignment from school based on a little bag of candy that she got from the teacher. This is her take on a lighhearted assignment from biology:
"Crunch are generally found in cold environments because they
are primarily composed of chocolate that would melt very easily in hot
temperatures and have no secondary structure to hold them together. Crunch are
well suited for high mountains terrain because the puffed rice in them allow
them to store oxygen so they can survive in low-oxygen climates for long
periods of time.
M&Ms live in
environments of mild temperature and low humidity. Their hard shells protect
them from heat that other chocolate candies cannot, but their bright coloring
can easily be rubbed off when a M&M comes in contact with moisture.
Sour Punch Straws live in hot temperatures with tall
foliage. Their long bodies allow Sour
Punch Straws to reach food in tall trees and they won’t melt in extreme
temperatures. Sour Punch Straws are not generally found in colder regions of
the world because their soft bodies are very susceptible to chocolate based
predators, many of which are immune to their sour poison.
Gobstopper live on the ocean floors of cold oceans. They are
nearly unbreakable making them perfectly suited for the high pressure of ocean
floors. Gobstoppers have no need for eyes in their near lightless environment
but instead they use heat sensors imbedded in their most outer layer to sense
pray and predators.
Starbursts are native to dry deserts. Their bodies are
capable of storing large amounts of water to survive in hot, dry weather. Starbursts are protected from the sun by
their waxy wrappers so their soft flesh won’t boil in the sun.
Sweettarts make their home in tide pools surrounding oceans.
Their hardened bodies protect them from the eroding tides and predators.
Sweettarts’ indented center allows small sugar algae to settle there making
them easy prey for the organism.
Laffy Taffy live in rainforests around the world. Their
bright coloring allow them to blend in with fruit around the rainforest where
they lay in wait to attack and eat their prey as they go to get fruit. On Laffy
Taffy wrappers there are jokes that are meant to distract predators with
laughter so the Laffy Taffy can run away or hide.
Twizzlers and Sour Punch Straws are very similar in size,
structure, and environment so they are able to make viable offspring called Twaws,
but they are infertile. Because this post-zygotic barrier, Sour Punch Straws
and Twizzlers are unable to make a hybrid species and remain reproductively
isolated from each other.
Gobstoppers and Crunch are spatially isolated from each
other so they are unable to create hybrid offspring with each other.
Gobstoppers live on the deep ocean floor and Crunch live on high mountain tops.
If they ever were to cross paths, they would probably die before any
reproducing could occur.
Almond Joys and Twix are behaviorally isolated from each
other. Although they would be physically
able to create virile and viable offspring, their mating rituals are different,
so they won’t reproduce with one another. To show off to potential mates, male
Twix spin in very tight circles to show their strength of body and genes. In
Almond Joys, males emit certain smells to attract mates and to ward off other
competition for mates. Because they have such different mating rituals, they do
not reproduce with one another.
Skittles and starburst both have the homologous structure of
chewiness to help them store water in their bodies. Both Snickers and Twix have
caramel as a homologous structure which allows these two species deter
predators with the sticky substance that makes them seem as though they’re too
much work to try and eat. Twizzlers and Sour Punch Straws both have lines in
their bodies which help them to sweat and protect a majority of their skin from
the harsh sun."
