Food and Agricultural Sciences Storylines Project

Project Summary

A collection of NGSS-aligned high school lessons focused on teaching food science in the context of nutrition, preventing food waste, and addressing the challenge of feeding a growing population.

Middle School

High School

Classroom Instruction

Life Sciences

Engineering

Lesson

Phenomena

Systems Thinking

Informed Decision Making

Food

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How Do Athletes Fuel Their Body? - Nutrition Storyline

How do Athletes Fuel Their Body? - Nutrition Storyline is a standards-aligned science unit that helps students understand how food (inputs) going into the athlete’s body affect their performance (output).
Materials
- Students and Teacher Resources (Google Drive)
Feeding a Growing Population - GMOs and Food Security Storyline

Feeding a Growing Population: GMOs and Food Security is a standards-aligned life science unit to help students understand GMOs and their benefits in feeding the future.
Materials
- Students and Teacher Resources (Google Drive)
How Can We Reduce Food Waste? – Food Waste Storyline

How Can We Reduce Food Waste is a standards-aligned science unit that helps students understand how environmental conditions affect the growth of organisms, which can then lead to food spoilage and waste.
Materials
- Students and Teacher Resources (Google Drive)

How Do Athletes Fuel Their Body? - Nutrition Storyline

Feeding a Growing Population - GMOs and Food Security Storyline

How Can We Reduce Food Waste? – Food Waste Storyline