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Good Food Map Reviews

4.3 Rating 94 Reviews
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Useful, Creative, Fun
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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It was able to show the students how much food is wasted by people not using their leftovers for otherthings
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Pickling was a great solution
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? That there are a number of people in the community who grow their own produce
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Absolutely! We now have a compost and the start of a 'garden to table' program
The children enjoyed using these resources and as a team we found the posters helpful to use around the classroom. We used this resource as part of our unit looking at sustainability and creating our own school worm farm and compost unit. Then used the soil to start to grow our own vegetables and herbs. We were able to use some of the recipes from the kit to incorporate the things we had grown ourselves.
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Posted 1 month ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Thoughtful, Challenging (in a good way)
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? The numbers really made us wonder. How can people be hunger when we waste so much
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We already use the waste to feed our animals, but some students wondered if they only feed certain scrap types to the animals to potentially flavour the pork.
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Yes, we thought more about the ability to share. Hunting families trading meat for those that had too much in the garden. Also the berry farms about hadn't been mentioned often.
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are shopping the pantry and chosing recipes based on in season options, also what can we bulk buy and section up for future use.
This was a fantastic activity to incorporate and then build student knowledge. We used the amazing resources both within the kit as well as in our community. It allowed for robust discussions especially with the current cost of living effecting many families. Our local families are literally hunters and gatherers so we could talk about our local impact adn how we could help others. All around we loved the kit and will be using it frequently with my other Food Technology classes.
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Posted 1 month ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Exciting, Interesting, Informative
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It was a topic new to most of our children so it did inform them well.
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? feeding to animals, adding to our garden.
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Brainstorm on how different families and organisations managed their food waste. They discovered that different people used different ways.
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Reduce our food waste in our weekly cooking, have a pig bucket for a local family.
Very interesting topic. The children loved all the hand on activities and it tied in well with our weeking cooking sessions
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Posted 1 month ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? diverse, thought-provoking, hands-on
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? ?
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? compost, pig food
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
Not at all
Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? no new findings
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? This kit will lead onto the creation of a new school/community garden on school grounds
We had to adapt many of the activities in the kit to suit our very small rural community. However, the learning was engaging for the students and we learnt a bit more about many aspects related to food. This new knowledge will flow through to other upcoming projects the students will be taking part in.
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Posted 2 months ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun, extending, different
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We have not covered that aspect yet
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? ongoing investigation
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? The 60minute food walk was amazing for exploring local community with a focus
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? This too is ongoing as we have looked at our recycling and next term will focus on the huge wastage created by compass group school lunches
I am still in the process of using all of the resources. The students have loved the activities we have done so far and are keen to signup for more Term 2. I am at an intermediate so afternoon classes are extra curricular and optional. Its a good sign that Term 1 students are wanting more!
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Posted 2 months ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Authentic, meaningful
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Through education, critical thinking and collaboration students were able to see what was already happening in our community to address this UNGoal.
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Truck that recycles clothing items for the community.
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Being located rurally, we didn’t have vege shops within walking distance however they noticed how involved we can become with our local community garden situation on the school property.
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No but we were able to bring new light to some initiatives that already exsist
The Good Food Map was so engaging for our tamariki. It coincided with our Enviroschool studies and exploration of te taiao. We could follow it in our own pace and got our community involved, from reusing vegetable donated from our patakai to appreciating shopping locally, this really got an awesome buzz and korero around our kura.
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Posted 2 months ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Tasty, educational, healthy
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? starting to consider wider issues and how what we do here at home/school effects the community and wider community
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Food banks, giving food to farm animals, eating in season, storage of food for winter-perserving, freezing, drying
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
Not at all
Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Some streets have places where you can put excess food there for others to use- community drop off boxes
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? no
Children enjoyed investigating local food sources, sharing own family gardens, sharing own knowledge of fresh vegetables.
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Posted 2 months ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interactive, Thought Provoking , Empowering
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Locally, students could see how food waste affects their community—from uneaten lunches at school to food surplus at supermarkets.
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Creating a composting challenge where families or classrooms compete to reduce waste by turning scraps into nutrient-rich soil.
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? students began to notice just how much edible food goes to waste in everyday places—especially in school lunches and local shops
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? no not at this stage
This box was amazing. It was well prepared and had lots of great resources. It was meant to students in years 4-8 and I can see how that would fit them more. Unfortuantely it was limited for year 9s but was great to try out.
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Posted 2 months ago