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title: "Everyday Foods from Rainforests"
description: "Know that many everyday foods come from rainforests — chocolate is made from cacao beans, bananas grow in tropical forests, coffee berries ripen in forest shade, and Brazil nuts fall from giant trees "
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# Everyday Foods from Rainforests

Know that many everyday foods come from rainforests — chocolate is made from cacao beans, bananas grow in tropical forests, coffee berries ripen in forest shade, and Brazil nuts fall from giant trees — connecting our daily lives to faraway forests

Subject: Science · Area: Rainforests · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/everyday-foods-from-rainforests-mt_s08-QxASd2

## Ready when they can

- Name at least three foods that come from rainforests, such as chocolate (cacao), bananas, and Brazil nuts
- Explain that cacao beans grow on trees in the rainforest and are made into chocolate
- Connect their own food choices to rainforest origins by identifying a product they eat that comes from the forest

## Lesson: Foods from the Rainforest

Look at your snacks. Some foods come from rainforests far away. Chocolate, bananas, coffee, and Brazil nuts all grow there.

**Example.** Chocolate starts as cacao beans. Cacao beans grow on trees in the rainforest. Farmers pick the beans and turn them into chocolate.

*(drawing: Chocolate takes a trip. First the cacao beans grow. Then farmers pick them. Last, the beans turn into chocolate.)*

**Example.** Bananas grow on tall plants in tropical forests. Coffee berries ripen in the cool forest shade. Brazil nuts fall from giant rainforest trees.

**Tip.** Next time you eat chocolate, think of the rainforest. Your snack traveled a long way to reach you.

**Recap.** Chocolate, bananas, coffee, and Brazil nuts all come from a rainforest.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [What Is a Rainforest?](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/what-is-a-rainforest-mt_FZ_ixwU1p1)

## Opens up

- [Rainforest Products in Daily Life](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/rainforest-products-in-daily-life-mt_xE_b3JiDZU)