Food Waste at P.S.56Q

Anastasia Tsimiklis

atsimiklis@schools.nyc.gov

INTRODUCTION

In NYC public schools, we are lucky to have an abundance of food provided to students for breakfast and lunch. The problem that we encounter, though, is that there is an excess in food waste in the cafeteria.

We are counting on you to help P.S. 56Q by studying the problem of food waste within our school and ways that we can try to solve the problem.

TASK

1. At the end of this WebQuest your group will track how much food is thrown away in the cafeteria and what is done with that waste.

2. You will explore survey data to find out what foods students are throwing away and why.

3. You will create a chart to show trends within the data.

4. You will create a Google Slide to share findings and propose solutions.

PROCESS/RESOURCES

1. Complete the Google Form

2. Review the data.

a. PPA

i. Define the Problem

ii. Gather the Evidence

iii. Identify Causes

iv. Examine Existing Policy

v. Develop Solutions

vi. Select the Best Solution

3. Fill out the notice and wonder on Jamboard.

a. Are there foods that students like most/least?

b. What’s the top reason as to why students don’t enjoy that food?

4. As a group, come up with reasonable solutions that can be implemented to reduce the amount of food waste in the cafeteria.

5. Choose one reasonable solution and create a Google slide presentation

EVALUATION

1. Rubric

CONCLUSION

● You will explore reasonable solutions that we can attempt to implement in our school in an effort to reduce food waste.

STANDARDS

● 4R1/5R1: Locate and refer to relevant details and evidence when explaining what a text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences. (RI&RL)

● 4W1/5W1: Write an argument to support claim(s), using clear reasons and relevant evidence.