Lesson Plan: Environmental Consequences of Food Consumption
Learning Goals
(by the end of the session, students will be able to...)
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To develop a critical understanding of sustainable food consumption to make informed choices
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To enable the participation of pupils in family food consumption choices
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Take personal actions and contribute to more sustainable and responsible food consumption choices and behaviours
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Summary of Tasks
Introduce the environmental issues surrounding intensive meat and dairy farming and food zero waste. Audit the ingredients in pupils' main meal last night, where the ingredients were bought and if all the food was consumed. Use external resources if applicable.
Show Meatrix video as the basis for class discussion on intensive meat and dairy farming.
Identify the environmental consequences of intensive meat and dairy farming, greenhouse gases, land use, issues around soil condition.
Outline possible alternatives and responses to this form of production - this could include pursuing alternative personal consumption choices. Use resources from the website.
Introduce the RESPECT serious game to the students. Use the guide for the Implementation plan and open the game in the classroom so that students get used to the game environment.
Online interactive learning materials
Online interactive learning materials (there may also be an opportunity to discuss urban agriculture and monocultures in meat and dairy production)
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RESPECT Serious Game
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RESPECT Serious Game Implementation Plan
Resources
Estimated Time
Task
Explain the goal and the gameplay.
RESPECT Serious Game Implementation Plan
Give the assignment for home.
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Assignment
Ask the students to play the game at home. The goal is to make food consumption choices that will enable them to collect as many environmental points as possible.
After they finish the game, ask them to prepare a presentation about their results.
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Things to include in the presentation:
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Which food consuming fact they discovered while playing the game surprised them the most?
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Do they apply some of their in-game choices in their real life? If not, are they willing to do so?
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Or ask them to undertake one of the intensive meat and dairy take a stance or experiments and challenges tasks and report back on the outcomes.