Impacts of Feeding the World
Duration: 120 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-10
Explore the social, economic, and environmental impacts of our current food system, including food waste, food deserts, agricultural land use, and the environmental impacts of diet choices.
Grade Levels: 6-10
Duration: 120 min
Concepts/Skills: Analyzing & Interpreting Data, Earth & Space Science, Flipside Science, Obtaining & Evaluating Information
Objectives: Students will:
- Explore several issues surrounding our current food system, including food waste, food deserts, agricultural land use, and the environmental impacts of diet choices.
- Learn more about how food sustainability and environmental issues are impacting people and habitats around the world.
Climate Standards Connections
Next Generation Science Standards | ||
Grade | Performance Expectation | Description |
6-8 | MS-ESS3-4 | Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. |
Climate Change Connections | human impact | |
Clarification Statement & Assessment Boundary | Examples of evidence include grade-appropriate databases on human populations and the rates of consumption of food and natural resources (such as freshwater, mineral, and energy). Examples of impacts can include changes to the appearance, composition, and structure of Earth’s systems as well as the rates at which they change. The consequences of increases in human populations and consumption of natural resources are described by science, but science does not make the decisions for the actions society takes. |