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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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 on The Todd & Stephanie Schnick Foundation Podcast
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Quick Pickles Recipe for a Crowd
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Pilot Light Partners with CZI and The Primary School
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Memorial Day Pasta Salad Recipe
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Pilot Light on WGN Radio
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Ray Elementary Students Garner Support for Chicago’s Styrofoam and Single-use Plastic Ban
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Welcome to The Jungle: Publican Quality Meat’s Rob Levitt Delights Students with a Live Butcher Lesson
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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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Student Activism in Action: Former Governor Pat Quinn joins Ray Elementary School to Support Student Polystyrene Ban Petition
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A Pretty Cool Ice Cream Experience