(pca.com.au/the-story-of-peanuts/how-peanut-butter-is-made/)
All grades, with parental supervision
At this site, you can take a short virtual tour through text and photographs to see how peanut butter is made. Under the “For Kids” link, learn “The Story of Peanuts” and have some “Nutty Fun” with activities, puzzles, and recipes. Check out more “Recipes” using peanut butter that kids can make with adult supervision.
And here are more sites about peanut butter:
(aboutpeanuts.com/educational-material)
This site provides FREE printed materials and downloadable curriculum materials relating to peanuts and peanut butter for grades K-5.
(peanutbutterlovers.com/about/)
This website explains how peanut butter is made — including how peanuts are grown, harvested, shelled, roasted, ground, and packaged. While you are at this site click on the “History” button to read all about how peanut butter came to be such a popular nutritional staple and check out the Fun PB Facts. You will also find nutrition facts, recipes, and information about allergies at this site as well.
(www.nationalpeanutboard.org/more/teachers/)
The National Peanut Board also offers free, peanut-themed lesson plans for grades K-6 in the Discover the Powerful Peanut post, as well as additional articles about how peanuts grow, the history of peanut butter, George Washington Carver, and much more. Visitors can get recipes using peanuts too!
