LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:SaraGerlach
TitleofLesson:Sustainability:FoodWaste
Grade:6th
STANDARDS
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RI.6.2:Determineacentralideaofatextandhowitisconveyedthroughparticular
details;provideasummaryofthetextdistinctfrompersonalopinionsorjudgments.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RI.6.6:Determineanauthor'spointofvieworpurposeinatextandexplainhowitis
conveyedinthetext.
6.RL.1Citetextualevidencetosupportanalysisofwhatthetextsaysexplicitlyaswellasinferencesdrawnfromthe
text.
6.W.9Drawevidencefromliteraryorinformationaltextstosupportanalysis,reflection,andresearch.
PO2.Formulatequestionsbasedonobservationsthatleadtothedevelopmentofahypothesis.
PO3.Evaluatetheobservationsanddatareportedbyothers.
PO6.Formulatenewquestionsbasedontheresultsofacompletedinvestigation.
LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Foodwasteandsustainabilitygohandinhand.Theamountoffoodavailabletouseachandeveryday,fromnow,
allthroughoutthefuture,iscrucialtooursurvival.Learningabouthowmuchfoodiswasted,howmanymouthsthat
foodcouldfeed,andhowtopreventthiswastetiesdirectlytosustainability.Forthislesson,studentswillcompile
thisinformationintoaprojectthatinformsothersonhowtolesswastefulathomeandintheworld.
OBJECTIVES
Studentswillbeabletocompileinformationonfoodwasteoverthecourseofaweekintoapresentationthat
explainswhatfoodwasteis,offersstatistics,andgivesatleast4preventativemeasures.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Studentswillbeassessedontheirfinalprojects.Eachprojectshouldthoroughlyexplainthecausesoffoodwaste,
thestatisticssurroundingitintheUnitedStates,andhave2preventativemeasuresathome,and2preventative
measuresoutsideofthehome.
PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Studentsshouldknowwhatthegeneraldefinitionofwasteis.Theyshouldalsothoroughlyunderstandfutures
thinkingtomeanconsideringwhatisneededforthegenerationspastourowntosurvive,andwhatmustbedonein
eachaspectoflifeandsustainabilitytomakethisfuturesurvivalpossible.
MATERIALS
Listofrequiredmaterials.
Computer
Pencil
Pen
Paper
Posterboard
Markers
Anyotherchosenmedia

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Listofkeyvocabularyterms.
Foodwaste
Production
Distribution
Consumption
Prevention
 TEACHINGPROCEDURES
Introducetheissueofsustainabilityandfoodwaste.
Askstudentsiftheyknowwhatfoodwasteis.Takeatleast45responsesbeforeshowinginformationonthetopic.
Day1:Explainthestatisticsoffoodwaste.
Havestudentscreatealistoftheinformationlearned,includingkeypoints,explanations,andpictures.
Day2:HavestudentsreadtheScholasticScopearticleingroupsoftwo.
Studentsshouldtakenotesastheyreadonanyinformationtheydeemimportant.
StudentsshouldcompletethePairedTextsQuizindependently.
Inpairs,studentsshouldsummarizethearticleandbegincreatingahypothesisoffoodwastepreventionmethods
usingtheFoodWasteworksheet.
Askguidingquestions:
Doyoudoanythingathometopreventfoodwaste?
Arethereanyfoodsthatyouhavethrownoutthatmighthavebeengoodtokeep?
Whatdoyouthinkyouoverlookwhenwastingfood?
Day3:Explaintheamountofmoneywastedintermsoffoodwaste.
Havestudentsfollowalongandcreatetheirownlistsofthecostsrelatedtofoodwaste.
Offerstudentsexamplesofwhattheamountofmoneyspentcouldpayforinrealworldtermsthattheywouldbe
abletounderstandandrelateto.
Studentsshouldknowbeginworkingontheprojectwiththeirpartner.
Explainthattheycanmakeeitherafoldable,pamphlet,poster,PowerPointpresentation,oraPadlet.
Explainthatalltheinformationtheyhavebeengatheringandwillgathershouldgoonthis,andtheassignmentcan
beworkedonathome.Iftheyhaveanyquestions,referthemtotheinformationtheyhavereceivedthusfar.
Day4:Discussmethodsofpreventingfoodwasteathome.
Studentsshouldsharesuggestionswiththeirpeersandcreateadescriptivelist.
Studentsshouldaddthisaspecttotheirpresentations.
Day5:Thisisthefinaldayforworkingonpresentation.
Discussmethodsofpreventingfoodwasteoutsideofthehome.
Havestudentschoosetheirfavoritemethodsandaddthemtotheprojects.
Studentsshouldcompletetheirprojectsabouthalfwaythroughclass.
Allowstudentstovolunteertopresenttheirprojects.
RESOURCES
2013.UCLA.WhatisSustainability?https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/aboutus/whatissustainability/
2014.Reuters.TwelveExamplesofWaterPowerAtWork.https://www.allianz.com/en/about_us/open
knowledge/topics/environment/articles/100413sevenexamplesofwaterpoweratwork.html/#!m1fc37a8a82c0
4db7a8797148a883ec21
2013.FAO.FoodLossandFoodWaste.http://www.fao.org/foodlossandfoodwaste/en/
2016.KristinLewis,AdeeBraun.ThisAppleCouldHaveBeenSavedScholasticScope.pg.1217.
https://d3jc3ahdjad7x7.cloudfront.net/iN6ELRNPkSOxtnGZ23bRZoOgJcn1frSZds75qKj1TFbqXxdh.pdf
2014. EliseWarner&JonathanBloom.TeachingKidstoWasteLessFood.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/teachingkidswastelessfood
2015.WhitneyPipken.GarbageCanTeachUsALotAboutFood.
http://www.tweentribune.com/article/tween56/garbagecanteachuslotaboutfoodwaste/
WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Futures thinking is the findings and way of thinking about the future. Food waste reduction focuses on futures
thinking by considering the sustainability of the food that we currently have and how to make it last without
producing waste, not just for ourselves over the next few weeks, but for everyone over the next hundreds of years.