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Food and Climate Change from MIT's TILclimate

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI)

Subject English Language Arts • Science • Social Studies

Grade Level Grades 9-12, Higher Education, Adult Education

Resource Type Activity, Handout

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Climate change affects food, but food also affects climate change. Students investigate causes of and solutions to food waste, plant-based recipes to get excited about, and the diversity and variety of heirloom foods.

SWBAT

Explain the link between food waste and climate change.
Understand why some foods have a higher climate impact than others.
Describe varieties of an heirloom food.

Skills

Online research
Communication

Standards Alignment:

HS-ETS1-2 Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller problems that can be solved through engineering.
HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
RST.11-12.9 Synthesize information from a range of sources into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept.
WHST.9-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question

Disciplinary Core Ideas:

ESS2.D Weather and Climate
ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems
ESS3.D Global Climate Change

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Resources

Files

TILclimate What I Eat Educator Guide FULL.pdf

Activity

January 20, 2022

0.7 MB

How to Use TILclimate Educator Guides.pdf

Handout

January 20, 2022

0.3 MB

Links

TILclimate Educator Guides

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Standards

HS-ETS1-2

Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.

HS-LS2-7

Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

RST.11-12.9

Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.

WHST.6-12.7

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

SCI.ESS2.D.h

The role of radiation from the sun and its interactions with the atmosphere, ocean, and land are the foundation for the global climate system. Global climate models are used to predict future changes, including changes influenced by human behavior and natural factors.

SCI.ESS3.C.h

Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies.

SCI.ESS3.D.h

Global climate models used to predict changes continue to be improved, although discoveries about the global climate system are ongoing and continually needed.