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Introduction The sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) is a member of the citrus family, along with mandarins (tangerines), lemons, limes, grapefruit, and kumquats. Among the fruits we could choose, oranges (sweet and bitter) are very famous in Seville, Spain and worldwide. By electing the orange as a the product our students were going to study, we settled a challenge in multiple ways. The main purpose was being aware of the oranges production of our area, of the business posibilities of our zone, of the ways of local consumerism. In addition, all the activities planned in the developement of this program were lead to promote a healthy lifestyle derived from oranges and fruits in general. The study of producing and growing oranges allowed our students to know how to grow in a traditional way or by using chemicals. At the same time, we found a way to know the charactetistics of the soil, to make an evaluation of the environmental impact of the chemicals used for growing and value the incidence of the climatic characteristics. Finally, we insisted in the idea that knowing local products (oranges in this case) helps us to be concious about basic aspects of our identity and our heritage. The way we dealed with this task was based on three main areas: - Scientific and Technology Area     Making compost Cromatography Plantation of herbaceous plants Designing a label - Sociolinguistic Area      Debates Presentations Reading and comprehension Doing an interview How to read a nutrition fact label - Artistic Area  Design a logo  Planning, editing and filming an advertisement  Painting oranges