How Can We Understand Waste and Emissions in Our School's Food System? | CEEE

How Can We Understand Waste and Emissions in Our School's Food System? This lesson outlines for students how to design and carry out an investigation to audit their school's food waste system. Context for Use This is the third lesson in the Climate Resiliency Education Design Challenge Unit. These design challenges are meant to follow the middle or high school Climate Resiliency Education units and to have students come up with real world solutions. A grocer checks milk on a shelf at a grocery store. Resource Type Lesson Design Challenge Action Project Topics Climate Change Community Resilience & Climate Action Climate and Weather Atmospheric Science Energy Balance Earth's Systems Community-focused Middle School High School Instructional Time 4-5 Class Periods NGSS Disciplinary Core Idea(s) ESS3C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems ETS1B: Developing Possible Solutions ETS1C: Optimizing the Design Solution Published Date April 7, 2018 Goals Header What Students Will Do Students will learn how to design and carry out an investigation to audit our school's food waste system Teaching Materials Climate Resiliency DC3 - Teacher Guide File Climate Resiliency DC3 - Teacher Guide.pdf Climate Resiliency DC3 - Teacher Guide Climate Resiliency DC3 - Student Activity Sheet File Climate Resiliency DC3 - Student Activity Sheet.pdf Climate Resiliency DC3 - Student Activity Sheet Climate Resiliency DC3 - Slides File Climate Resiliency DC3 - Slides.pptx Climate Resiliency DC3 - Slides Climate Resiliency DC3 - Graphs and Background Information File Climate Resiliency DC3 - Graphs and Background Information.pdf Climate Resiliency DC3 - Graphs and Background Information Climate Resiliency DC3 - Tips for Designing your Investigation File Climate Resiliency DC3 - Tips for Designing your Investigation.pdf Climate Resiliency DC3 - Tips for Designing your Investigation Description (5 minutes) Consensus Building Discussion: Reorient the students to the storyline. (15 minutes) Notice and Wonderings: Explore the graphs and background information about food waste and carbon footprint. (15 minutes) Sharing Initial Ideas Discussion: Generate ideas about how to assess the situation at school.   (1 hour) Plan: Groups design a plan for their chosen aspect of the investigation.  (2-3 days) Design Challenge: Follow the plan to collect and analyze data, as well as create visual representations of results.      Similar Resources How Can We Decrease Our Impact on the Earth's Climate at our School? Design Challenge 1 How Does Our School Food System Create Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Design Challenge 2 How Can We Reduce Emissions Associated with Food Waste in Our School? Design Challenge 4 How Can We Present Solutions for Food Waste and Emissions at School? Design Challenge 5