What is on my plate?
How our food choices impacts the world.
Unit Summary:
Students will do an inquiry based action research project with three parts. In all parts students will learn strategies to reduce hunger by asking the question: How can we improve food security locally and globally? First, students will learn how to define and measure hunger and food insecurity and compare different families food expenses for a week. We will also discuss the cultural significance of food and how food is an integral aspect of who we are. We will then research sustainable agricultural and food distribution practices that are used around the world through real case studies, picture books, video, (STG partnerships), and interact with our sister school via email and Skype in Nairobi, Kenya called the Empakasi School (http://www.mwebaza.org/) and the Mwebaza Infant Primary School in Kyengera, Uganda. Students will generate questions to interview students in Kenya about their sustainable agricultural programs.
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How our food choices impacts the world.
Unit Summary:
Students will do an inquiry based action research project with three parts. In all parts students will learn strategies to reduce hunger by asking the question: How can we improve food security locally and globally? First, students will learn how to define and measure hunger and food insecurity and compare different families food expenses for a week. We will also discuss the cultural significance of food and how food is an integral aspect of who we are. We will then research sustainable agricultural and food distribution practices that are used around the world through real case studies, picture books, video, (STG partnerships), and interact with our sister school via email and Skype in Nairobi, Kenya called the Empakasi School (http://www.mwebaza.org/) and the Mwebaza Infant Primary School in Kyengera, Uganda. Students will generate questions to interview students in Kenya about their sustainable agricultural programs.
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