An Interactive Guide to Healthy, Sustainable Eating
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Grades7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Biology, Health
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Provided by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
What it is
- This interactive guide explains the many ways that plant-based diets keep people and the planet healthy.
- Students will learn that diets including more plants and fewer animal products are more sustainable and may reduce the risks of disease.
Teaching tips
Prerequisites:
- Consider using this video to introduce the impacts of meat production on the planet.
Classroom Implementation:
- Connect this resource to lessons about cellular respiration, nutrition, macromolecules, the carbon cycle, the water cycle, or climate change.
Interdisciplinary Connections:
- Life Skills or Culinary Arts:
- Students cook a variety of meat-free recipes. Students could choose their favorite recipes to compile into a digital cookbook, then share it via email or the school's website.
Extensions:
- Students track the number of animal products they eat each week. Students set goals to replace a few animal products each week with plant-based foods.
- Students evaluate the school cafeteria's monthly menu and request more plant-rich meals.
Related Resources:
- Other resources on this topic include this foodprint calculator, this Project Drawdown article on plant-rich diets, and this Hot Mess video on the global food system.
From the scientist review
This interactive guide displays good tips on eating healthy foods in order to save the planet. It provides charts for students to explore and compare the carbon footprints of selected plant-based and animal-based foods. This resource is adequately cited, and thus, it is recommended for teaching.
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