Michele Achey

Jennifer BrandonLindsay Nash

Colleen ToomeyPBL Unit created by:

Recycling in unconventional ways:

Food

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Design a plan to reduce food waste in the cafeteria of our school, community, and home.

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Language ArtsMichele

Guiding Questions1. Have you ever fought for something you believe in?

2. Who would you contact and how would you recruit help for an environmentally friendly project?

3. How could you spread the word about your environmentally friendly project?

Activities1. Read Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

2. Write a Business Letter to Administratorsand Food Service Director

3. Short Film/Video Clips gathering data about food waste at school

ScienceJennifer

Guiding Questions:1. What are the essential components of a compost pile?2. What role do decomposers play in composting?3. How could you help reduce waste in your school or home?

Activities:1. Watch video from DE“From waste to Food: The Decomposition

Process2. Listen to the eBook on Decomposers.3. Read the passage on Discovery Education “Making Compost Pile”4. Research on Google 5. Design a compost pile that could be used in the school.

Social Studies Lindsay

Activities1. Use Google Earth to locate and map out the nearest landfills.2. Use the chart you recorded and the website www.gaspricewatch.com

to find the estimated cost of fuel for the dump truck to pick up the waste and deliver it to the landfill record your discoveries.

3. Arrange a meeting with the school administrator, kitchen manager and the maintenance manager. Discover how often the waste is picked up at our school.

4. Using the information you have gathered, determine the estimated total cost of waste pick up at the school.

Guiding Questions 1.Where are the nearest landfills located to the school and community?2.What is the estimated cost to fuel the dump trucks?3.How often do our school and community have waste pickup and delivery to the landfill?

MathColleen

Guiding Questions1. What are ways to improve smart spending and eating at school and in your

household?

2. How can you help your fellow peers save money on lunch?

3. What are the benefits of managing your money when it comes to food spending?

4. How can you help make others aware about the global issues of food consumption?

Activities1. Money Matters Activity (cafeteria prices)

2. Fruits and Veggie Video Contest

3. Outreach Numbers Activity (world hunger)

4. Build my cookbook (recipe calculations)

5. Family Food Audit (smart savings)

Rethinking the Problem of Food Waste

Language Arts:•Short Film/Video Clips gathering data about food waste at school allowed students to see first hand the food waste in our school and provided them with footage they could use later in the project for the PSA.

Science:•Research the necessary components needed to design and build a compost pile that will be used in the school.

Social Studies:•Students will use the landfill mapping information to share with the PSA project.

Math:•Students will develop a more cost effective outlook when buying food items in and out of the school setting.

ResearchResearch

Public Service Announcement/informative commercial depicting the importance of reducing food waste and how to set up and implement a compost pile at school in order to reduce food waste.

Proposed Proposed SolutionSolution

Timelineo Film PSA and post on YouTube (1 week)o Set up and establish compost pile (3 weeks)o Design and plan fundraiser (1 week)o Fundraiser (1 week)

Measurement of Successo Number of YouTube hits from PSAo Amount of food recycledo Cost savings

School Fundraisero Sell units of compost for community use

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