I'm a current student at Harvard Graduate School of Education and previously taught middle school science and high school chemistry for 8 years in Washington, DC. I also love to cook and be active. I focus on designing lessons that are hands-on and use real-world scenarios to make science engaging and approachable to students. I'm also currently exploring how we can use cooking and food to teach chemistry in a more interesting & relatable way.
This lesson explores the complexities of food waste and its connection to climate change.
Inquire: Students think about food waste and how it may be connected to climate.
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.
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.
In this lesson, students learn about the different ways farms and agriculture are being impacted by climate change.
Inquire: Students think about how climate change may impact agriculture.
Investigate: Students learn about some general ways agriculture is impacted by climate change and then choose a specific effect of climate change to see how it impacts agriculture.
Inspire: Students look at reduced food waste as a solution to climate change and engage in a discussion about their learning.
In this lesson, students think about their ideal farm and look at case studies from around the world to investigate farmers' responses to the impact of climate change on food production.
Inquire: Students watch a video about how to create the perfect farm and visualize what their ideal farms would be like.
Investigate: Students explore resources on sustainable and futuristic food production methods that farmers are implementing in response to climate change.
Inspire: Students create a design of a sustainable farm and brainstorm ways to partner with local farms.
In this lesson, students learn how bees' role in food production is affected by human actions and how experts are trying to support bee populations.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students explore how bees make our food through a video and a flower dissection.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students learn how scientists and farmers work to help bee populations through diverse media.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students make a claim about how to support bees and are inspired by a bee expert to create an artifact to share what they have learned.
