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Food Solutions: Climate Change Action for K-2

Provided by: Climate Generation
Lesson Plans Grades k-2

Synopsis

  • This three-lesson curriculum from Climate Generation will take six 40-minute class periods and will show students the relationship between climate and food.
  • In Lesson 1, students will learn about where food comes from, what characterizes sustainable food, the difference between weather and climate, the difference between natural, processed, and ultra-processed foods, how food gets from one region to another like avocados from Central America to the student's community, and how transporting food contributes to air pollution.
  • In Lesson 2, students will understand what it means to eat seasonally and locally, demonstrate how air pollution from transporting foods is linked to the greenhouse effect, try foraging for wild foods, and discuss food insecurity.
  • In Lesson 3, students will create a student action plan to implement a sustainable food project in their school.
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Subjects: Science, Social Studies
Authors: Alicia Fuller, Vanessa Go, and Misty Goodman
Region: United States, Global
Languages: English

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Climate Generation
Climate Generation is a nationally connected nonprofit dedicated to climate literacy, climate change education, youth leadership, and community engagement for innovative climate change solutions. Climate Generation empowers individuals and their communities to engage in solutions to climate change. Their vision is a world of resilient communities with equitable solutions to climate change.

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