How Can You Help Stop Food Waste?
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Provided by: University of Maine|Published on: October 10, 2023
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Synopsis
- This slide deck can be used by educators to teach about food waste, why it is an important problem, and what students can do to avoid it.
- This slide deck is specific for schools in Maine, contains speaker notes, and provides an opportunity at the end of the presentation for students to share what they learned.
Subjects: Science, Health
Authors: University of Maine
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Maine
Languages: English
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Positives
- This resource can easily be adapted to your own needs by making a copy and adding or removing any elements as needed.
- There are multiple opportunities for students to participate in the lesson through discussion.
- Statistics and data are presented in a way that is easy for even young students to understand.
Additional Prerequisites
- Some of the speaker notes are written as a script, with directions for speaker in parenthesis, but review speaker notes prior to teaching the lesson to assure you do not read directions out loud.
- Speaker notes mention that the cafeteria has a share basket, as well as other sorting stations indicated in slides 16-20. Make sure your cafeteria has these before mentioning them to students.
- If you do not have stickers to give to students for sharing what they learned, remove the mention of stickers from slide 22.
Differentiation
- A shorter version of this slideshow is available here.
- This presentation would work well before or after a lesson on the effects of food waste on the planet.
- For students who are reluctant to share out, turn-and-talk or think-pair-share strategies can be used in the sections that require student participation.
- Students can create their own infographics or posters about food waste and how to stop it.
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