Feeding Minds
Welcome to the Pilot Light Feeding Minds blog! Explore the stories behind Food Education, from classroom experiences and partnership spotlights to program news and perspectives from guest authors and our team.
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Featured Story
Food-Based Science Learning: Teaching NGSS-Aligned Science Through Food and Community
Food-based science learning is one of the most powerful ways to make science meaningful, culturally relevant, and highly engaging for students. In my classroom, food isn’t seen as an add-on or a one-off; we treat food as a constant vehicle to drive learning as a phenomenon, a system, and a tool for sensemaking. Read more
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Community Partner Spotlight: Herban Produce
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Pilot Light partners with Grocery Run Club and Academy for Global Citizenship
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Pilot Light and Urban School Food Alliance Team Up for Food Education Initiative to Promote Good Health and Nutrition
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Pilot Light Partners with the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation’s Healthy Hawks Program to Bring Food Education to Blackhawks VIRTUAL Summer Camp
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Pilot Light Partners with CZI and The Primary School
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Harris Policy Labs and Pilot Light: Building a Coalition of Support for Food Education
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Pilot Light Partners with the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation to Bring Food Education to Summer Camp
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A Pretty Cool Ice Cream Experience
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Pilot Light and the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative – Building a Future for Everyone
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Envisioning a Food Educated Chicago
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Growing our Partnership with the University of Chicago
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Growing Together: Bass Elementary commits to growing it’s community garden with support from the Englewood Quality of Life Fund