Hungry for Change -
Food Deserts in CT

Lesson Resources

Section A

Launch Activity: Desmos Activity with slides

Definitions from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Characteristics and Influential Factors of Food Deserts

US Food Access Research Atlas: USDA Interactive Map of “low income” and “low access” areas

Section B

Worksheet #1: Determining a Healthy Food Market Site in Hartford, Connecticut

Geogebra Map and Model: Food Desert in Census Tract 09003510300

Section C

Worksheet #2: Healthy Food Market Proposal

Extension

Resources coming soon!

Lesson Inspiration

Bringing Healthy Food Choices to the Desert by Shakiyya Bland
Appears in High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice (Berry, Conway, Lawler, and Staley, 2020)