Lesson #3: Who Grows Chocolate and How Does it Affect Their Lives?

After you learn about the cacao tree and its environment you'll take a look at the cacao farmers. Go to the Field Museum site and read the two sections listed below. 

Cacao Farming
Get briefed on the basics about cacao farming methods and issues that threaten chocolate production. You’ll examine the effects of cacao farming on the rainforests and learn how farmers and scientists are working together to create sustainable cacao farms.

Explore a Cacao Farm
Explore the relationship between cacao and other plants, animals, and insects. You can use binoculars and microscopes to get an “up-close-and-personal” view of different kinds of cacao farms.

Go back to your Cacao Questions and answer questions #8, #9, #10.  Don't forget to turn your paper in to your teacher.

After you have finished your questions you may take an interactive trip through a cacao farm. http://www.fmnh.org/chocolate/rainforest_interactive/rainforest.html