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’s Memo to the Mayor
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Extending the Love: Student-led Love Lunches and More Advocacy Project at Claremont Academy Returns
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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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Pilot Light Awarded the Chicago Housing Consulting Services Grant
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Chicago Chefs Paul Kahan, Matthias Merges and Jason Hammel cook-off for the Feed Your Mind Gala Auction Winner
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Growing Together: Bass Elementary commits to growing it’s community garden with support from the Englewood Quality of Life Fund
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Crispy Zucchini Blossoms
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Beyond the Classroom and On the Table
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Pilot Light Awarded U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm to School Grant to Expand Healthy High School Lunch Program
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Chicago Teachers and Students Share their Food Advocacy Projects