This lesson explores the complexities of food waste and its connection to climate change.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students think about food waste and how it may be connected to climate.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students learn about different sources and areas of food waste, how food waste is rooted in inequity, and how food waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students discuss different solutions and actions being taken to address food waste and reflect on the actions they can take within their own community.

This lesson teaches students about the different steps in food production and how each step contributes to climate change.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students think about the steps involved in the production of a single food.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students investigate specific foods to see how different stages of the supply chain contribute to a food’s carbon footprint.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students review their Food Trackers to identify which of the foods they consumed had the largest carbon footprint.

In this lesson, students learn about food insecurity and analyze potential solutions for their own community.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students learn causes and consequences of food insecurity and ask questions they have about it.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students investigate food deserts and existing solutions.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students think about their community and analyze solutions to food insecurity that could be applied to their neighborhood.

In this lesson, students unpack the complexities of the global food system and climate change.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch a video to think about the complexities of the global food system and its connection with climate change.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students create a concept map to connect different ideas and concepts relating to the global food system and climate change.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students use their concept maps to determine which topic has the potential to make the biggest impact on climate change.