Eat for the Earth
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Provided by: Educated Choices Program|Published on: March 25, 2025
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Synopsis
- This resource from the Educated Choices Program includes a video and a teacher guide that introduces students to the effects of food choices on the planet.
- In the video, students will learn the importance of natural resources, how raising livestock uses more resources than growing plants, how livestock contributes to climate change, and some sustainable alternatives to animal products.
- The teacher guide includes a lesson plan, guided notes, activities, and a quiz to accompany the video, and teachers can use all resources or select the ones that are best suited for their classrooms.
Subjects: Science, Health
Authors: Educated Choices Program
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The animated video is brightly-colored and engaging.
- Students will get to learn a range of complex topics as they are introduced in kid-friendly ways.
Prerequisites
- Teachers will need to create a free account to access the video and materials.
- It may benefit students to have at least a little background information about climate change.
- Students should also know the basics about nutrition.
- When discussing food choices, it is important to keep in mind that students likely don't have control over what their caretakers buy or make for meals. With this in mind, teachers should be sure not to shame or villainize food choices.
Differentiation & Implementation
- After viewing the video, students or teachers can bring in their favorite sustainable foods, or teachers can introduce students to one new sustainable food every day/week.
- Teachers can have students compare the amount of protein in various plant foods, such as whole grains, beans, spinach, peas, nuts, and soy.
- To make language connections, teachers can use the vocabulary words to create a word wall or word journal. Additionally, teachers can employ the total physical response strategy and introduce students to movements to represent the vocabulary words.
- To make health connections, teachers and students can discuss ways to get a variety of healthy foods in the diet or go more in-depth to explain the protein, carbs, fiber, and healthy fats found in many plant foods.
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About the Partner Provider
Educated Choices Program
Educated Choices Program is an academic non-profit organization offering free science-based education programs around the globe discussing the impacts of food choices on human and planetary health. To date, they have reached over 2.6 million students and community members with this valuable and life-changing information and have a proven success rate of nearly 50% in empowering participants to make healthful and environmentally sustainable dietary changes.
Their digital programs are offered in English, Spanish and German and discuss topics including personal health, public health, climate change, pollution, deforestation and their links to animal agriculture. They also discuss alternative proteins and food technologies that hold the power to help reinvent our food system, and they offer practical solutions to help participants move towards a more plant-rich diet.
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