Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
The Planet and Our Plates
Provided by: Educated Choices Program |Published on: October 16, 2023
Lesson Plans Grades 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
- This video and lesson is about industrial agriculture, land use, ocean acidification, the use of plastic in food production and distribution, and the impact that food choices and agricultural practices have on climate change.
- Students will watch the video, write a letter, conduct a research project, and take part in class discussions.
Subjects: Biology, Geography, Health
Authors: Educated Choices Program
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This video highlights the effects of industrial agriculture on various communities that are disproportionately impacted by industrial agriculture facilities.
- It includes topics such as traditional ecological knowledge and mangroves as important carbon sinks.
- The many topics and subtopics are broken down by timestamp for the teacher or viewer to easily navigate.
Additional Prerequisites
- Those who want to use this resource need to answer questions and provide an email address to get an access link and password.
- Students may need the terms industrial, prevalent, aquaculture, biodiversity, land degradation, terrestrial, carbon sinks and others defined, prior to watching the lesson.
- Scrolling below the video will take you to the additional resources that can accompany this video.Of these resources, the quiz and homework answer keys are not accessible.
- Day two of the provided lesson plan includes a link to a climate change food calculator. This link isn't clickable, however a collection of climate change food calculators can be found on our site.
Differentiation
- This lesson introduces many topics that students may want to research either independently, or as a class, such as the industrial revolution, the westernization of diets across the globe, or genetically modified foods.
- Students may benefit from guided notes, provided at the bottom of the screen, to fill out while watching the lesson or frequent pausing to discuss, to increase student engagement.
- Students can discuss individual actions vs. larger-scale actions that can be taken in agriculture and personal food choices to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from food.
- Consider using this other resource on our site about the impacts of food production globally to have students further investigate the land, water, and resources used to produce various foods.
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About the Partner Provider
Educated Choices Program
Educated Choices Program is an academic non-profit organization offering free science-based education programs around the globe discussing the impacts of food choices on human and planetary health. To date, they have reached over 2.6 million students and community members with this valuable and life-changing information and have a proven success rate of nearly 50% in empowering participants to make healthful and environmentally sustainable dietary changes.
Their digital programs are offered in English, Spanish and German and discuss topics including personal health, public health, climate change, pollution, deforestation and their links to animal agriculture. They also discuss alternative proteins and food technologies that hold the power to help reinvent our food system, and they offer practical solutions to help participants move towards a more plant-rich diet.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
