Since 2010, we have supported Pre-K-12 students with Food Education that is part of teachers’ classrooms and fosters informed food choices.
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Learn from the experts: Pilot Light Educator Ryan Johnson shares the inside scoop on all things teaching science through Food Education! Connect our Food Education Standards and the NGSS to enhance your curriculum and improve student outcomes.
Every student deserves access to hands-on Food Education. Now, you can discover the incredible impact of your support by reading our latest Impact Report. Learn how Pilot Light teachers and students are creating a better food system future everyday!
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Engaging, meaningful lessons don’t have to be expensive or complicated. Your students will love this activity that brings something small from home (produce stickers) into the classroom to take learning off of the page and into their lived experiences.
🍎 LESSON IDEA: Invite students to bring in produce stickers from home and then gather as a classroom to place them on a world map, tracing their foods’ sources and origins. Discuss as a class how food gets to the grocery store, and the potential environmental impact of our food choices.
💡REAL-LIFE LESSON INSPIRATION: Kindergarten students in Monika S.’s Pilot Light class learned about the origins of their fruit in a hands-on activity. Students were encouraged to save the stickers on their produce from home and bring them in to stick on a classroom map, showing young learners how their food travels across the world.
❓GET MORE FOOD EDUCATION: Download FREE standards-aligned classroom lesson plans, hands-on activities and resources, and more at Pilot Light’s FREE online Food Education Center™️at foodedu.pilotlightchefs.org
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Food Education empowers students to be leaders both inside and outside the classroom. We 💚 this teacher testimonial that reminds us about the power of Food Ed. to inspire connection, curiosity, and leadership in students of all ages.
Learn more and get free Food Education lesson plans on our website: www.pilotlightchefs.org 🍽
