For this speaking focused lesson we are learning about the energy we use to plant, grow and ship food across the world. To start, students will be asked if they have ever seen a cooking show where chefs are challenged to make a delicious meal using a surprise basket of ingredients (Iron Chef). Then we discuss using leftovers. Have they or their parents ever made a delicious meal using leftovers? What was it? They will discuss how eating leftovers might reduce food waste. Then we will watch the video Upcycle Food Waste: 3 Recipes to Turn Food Scraps to Delicious Snacks. Students will then create their own meals with leftovers. After the pre-listening is done, students will have a discussion/debate about their opinions on questions or statements based on the video The energy embedded in our food waste. We will watch about two minutes of the video and then start the activity. The room will be divided into two sections for “agree” and “disagree”. We will put the statements on the board and students will then choose the side they wish to argue. After that the students will find a partner from the opposite opinion and argue their opinion. At the end the students will be able to view their classmates' Adobe Spark videos and comment on their favorites on Padlet.
Learning Objectives:
#1 Argue their point of view with expressions of opinions.
#2 Answer critical questions about food waste.
#3 Create recipes from leftovers and explain how it helps reduce food waste.
#4 Generate ideas to reduce food waste and hunger.
Full lesson plan on Google Docs:
Part 1: Banopoly
This warm up activity focuses on looking at the energy cost of non-local foods. Students are given a script of the video containing 6 mistakes and are tasked with trying to spot them. 15 minutes
Hand out the script with errors.
Tell the students they will watch the video on Banopoly and there are 6 mistakes in the script.
Allow the students to read over the script with mistakes.
Play the video (:38 - 2:13) twice to allow them multiple attempts.
Ask the students if they noticed any mistakes, and review the mistakes.
Part 2: Leftover chef
This activity has students come up with their own recipes for delicious snacks using leftovers. They may work individually or in pairs for 25 minutes.
Start by asking students if they have ever seen a cooking show where chefs are challenged to make a meal with surprise ingredients, such as Iron Chef. Have they or their parents ever made a meal using leftovers? What was it? Discuss how eating leftovers might reduce food waste.
Watch Upcycle Food Waste: 3 Recipes to Turn Food Scraps to Delicious Snacks
Tell students that their challenge is to choose three or more items from the leftover list to plan a delicious meal.
Share that they can choose two additional ingredients that aren’t on the list, especially if they are ingredients they often have in their kitchens.
Part 3: Two Sides Activity
For this discussion the students will be presented to be in one of two sides of an argument. If the class size allows for it the activity can be turned into a "four corners activity" where instead of dividing into two sides, one pro-argument one con-argument, the class is divided into four corners where each corner is attached to an opinion on an argument, strongly disagree, mildly disagree, mildly agree and strongly agree. 35 minutes
Discuss the Sentence Template Chart with the class. This is a list of ideas of how to express opinions, but they can form the sentences any way they want.
Watch the full video The energy we waste.
Put up two signs in the front of the room and back of the room. They should read “Agree” and “Disagree”.
Explain the Two Sides activity. Tell them you will put a statement on the board and they must either agree with it or disagree with it. After they do that they must find someone from the opposite side of the room to try and persuade them to their side.
Put statements on the board one at a time from this list.
Continue until the statements are over or twenty minutes have passed.
Part 4: Adobe Spark Videos
For the final part of the day the students will look at each other's adobe spark videos and comment on them for 15 minutes.
Share the students' Spark videos. If you have a large class and there is not enough time to watch all of them, e-mail students prior to class asking if you can show their video.
Give the students the link to the padlet.
Give them a few minutes to type.
Appendices
Appendix A: Banopoly Script
Appendix B: The Energy Embedded in our Food Waste
Appendix C: Top Leftover Chef Handout
Appendix D: Upcycle Food Waste Video
Appendix E: Sentence Templates
Appendix F: Two Sides Activity Statements
Appendix G: Padlet