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Just eat it! A food waste story
Grade Level:
10
Subject:
Science
Topic:
Over-consumption of food and how it is damaging to our health and the waste of too much food on a daily basis
Objective:
Students should be able to evaluate how much food is consumed and wasted in our country and what alternatives are there to deal with this. Another important part of the lesson is to evaluate how damaging fast food (the most wasted food source as well) is for us and how many diseases can stem from eating junk food.
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Grade 10 Science, Strand B. Biology: Tissues, Organs and systems
Overall expectation: B1 Analyse some current technologies or substances that have an impact on human tissues, organs and/or systems, and evaluate their effects on human health.
Specific expectation: Evaluate the effects that use or exposure to a technology, substance, or environmental factor (e.g. cellphones, UV radiation, pesticides, food additives/preservatives, etc) may have on the function of human tissues, organs or systems.
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Find articles and print them ready to hand out.
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Computer, projector, access to the internet and to the documentary "Just Eat it! A food waste story", printed and photocopied articles for the second part of the class, crayolas/colored pencils and paper so that students can either write about or draw their opinions and ideas on the matter of food wasting and junk consumption.
