Combatting Food Waste

In this lesson students design and build a "Popsicle Protector" to prevent a popsicle from melting in the sun while still being able to eat it, applying concepts of shade, heat, and problem-solving through hands-on engineering.
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Lesson Plan

 

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Partner

Grade Levels: 6-8

Duration: 60 minutes

Concepts/Skills: States of matter, Properties of matter, Chemical and physical change, Chemical reactions, Climate change and the greenhouse effect

Objectives:

  • Know current statistics and facts about food waste
  • Understand how different food storage methods preserve food or accelerate waste
  • Be able to identify efforts in the local community to address the problem of food waste