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Eating Learning Growing Resources

Provided by: Center for Ecoliteracy |Published on: August 15, 2024

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Synopsis

This guide is for California educators in farm-to-school programs who want to ensure their lessons and activities are culturally relevant and inclusive.
The guide includes strategies and considerations for creating lessons that make students feel valued and safe, classroom activities that exemplify these strategies, and artwork to display around the school.

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Subjects: Science, Geography

Authors: Center for Ecoliteracy

Region: California

Languages: English

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Positives

This guide is well-rounded and focuses on the whole student by using culturally inclusive and trauma-informed practices and encouraging educators to do the same.
Teachers of all subjects can benefit from the suggested practice of getting to know students with which they have not yet made connections.

Prerequisites

Some of the links to external resources are broken.
Students should have a basic idea of where food comes from.

Differentiation & Implementation

When doing the "Who Grows This Crop?" activity, students can map the food system for their favorite foods and compare local food systems to those that rely on transporting goods. The lesson "Modeling the Local Food System" can help with this.
Teachers can make connections to the community by taking students on a field trip to a local farm or farmers market.
During the "Design Your Own School Meal" activity, students can discuss plant-based protein options and the impacts of meat production on climate change.
Students can practice technical writing by creating a recipe book for their favorite dishes.
Inspired by the provided graphics, students can create posters featuring their favorite fruits and vegetables and the many names for them.

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About the Partner Provider

Center for Ecoliteracy

The Center for Ecoliteracy advances the teaching and modeling of sustainable practices in K–12 schools. The organization builds partnerships and the capacity of K–12 schools to support healthy, sustainable school communities and food systems change in schools. The Center for Ecoliteracy leads systems change initiatives, publishes original books and resources, facilitates conferences and professional development, and provides strategic consulting. The organization works at multiple levels of scale, with local, regional, state, and national programs.

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