Objectives: Become aware of the limited character of pedagogical resources of our planet and correlate this with the global demographic growth; Be able to identify the genuine problems of humankind from the point of view of ensuring food in an…
Healthy vegetables – tasty vegetables
Objectives: Recognize the type of seeds necessary to start vegetables crops; Know the path from seed to end products; Name at least two traditional methods of growing vegetables; Recognize the taste of vegetables grown organically; Identify the causes that lead…
Global Food Market
Students will: learn that self-sufficiency in food production varies over time and space (comparing different nationalities), learn about today’s food transport, think about which factors facilitated the transportation of food in the 20th century and whether the latter affects the…
Food and Transportation
Objectives: Learning how food items are handled by several intermediaries on their way from the producer to the consumer; Assessing the impact of food miles; Considering the negative consequences of long supply chains; Learning about the exploitation of resources and…
Food around the World
Objectives: Being curious and welcoming new experiences within different cultures; Exploring the wide range of eating styles around the world; Becoming aware that diet is influenced by our environment and economic situation; Thinking critically about food’s nutritional value; Becoming aware…
Where does our food come from?
Objectives: Make students understand the importance of local food systems; Raise awareness on farming processes and sources of food; Make students understand the importance of local food systems; Raise awareness on farming processes and sources of food; Download the GLU
From Farm to Fork
Objectives: To understand the concept of a food supply chain; To be able to apply the concept of a food supply chain to certain types of food; To grasp the concept of different ways of production and critically assess which…
Let’s learn about our carbon footprint!
Objectives: To know what a carbon footprint is and how it is created; To know how to reduce our carbon footprint; Download the GLU
Food in transit
Objectives: Learning that on their way from the producer to the consumer, food items are handled by many intermediaries; considering the negative consequences this may have. Learning about the exploitation of resources and farm workers by large multinational companies. Discovering…
The migratory kiwi
«I know I’m supposed to hate humans, but there’s something about them. They don’t just survive. They discover, they create…» (From Brad Bird’s “Ratatouille”) In the past, it was said that an “imported product” was a rare, exclusive, high quality…