Positives

• There are options for both remote and in-person learning environments to take part in this project.
• There are opportunities within this project for students to have voice and choice in what they learn about and present on!
• Everything required to complete this project is included in the folder.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be able to weigh objects, subtract, record data, and create graphs using a template.
• Expectations for group work and presentations should be set and reviewed prior to this project.
• In the school audit guide, the link to "Sharing the table: a guide to reducing wasted food" will take you to a different page.
• There is one slide deck that covers the entire project. Each link to the slideshows for different milestones on page 6 of the teacher guide will take you to the beginning of this same slide deck.

Differentiation

• Some of the videos provided do cover greenhouse gases and their impact on the environment and climate change. However, students may benefit from a lesson that explicitly teaches about greenhouse gases, carbon emissions, and climate change prior to this project.
  
• Multilingual learners may benefit from having the vocabulary on page 18 of the teacher guide defined for them prior to beginning the project.
• All of the activities can be done either alone, in pairs, or as a team. Some students who need more support with reading, writing, recording data, or presenting in front of a class may benefit from strategic grouping in which they are placed with students who have strengths in these areas.
• For the presentation portion, students may have a technology education extension and learn how to use video equipment and/or video editing apps to record their presentation. They may also have an art extension to create posters or other artwork to present their ideas.
• Multilingual learners or students who struggle with auditory processing, may benefit from the closed-captioning function on the videos or from slowing the playback speed.