What are three words that describe the activities in this kit?
Maths-connected, communication, kaitiakitanga
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?
How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue?
Not as much as I'd like. This group are quite self-centred, more interested in what actually affects them and not what others are doing/experiencing overseas.
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions?
Most were really impractical, such as making things with the waste without consideration for decomposition or smells.
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery?
The map centred on our school didn't show a lot of the shops, so we moved it to have our school at the far end. Then we made heaps of discoveries about the shops selling food within our area. Kids would come the next day and tell me they'd discovered eg another dairy on the far border. Everyone who came in was dragged over to look at our map, so many food places, and most of them fast food places. They were awestruck.
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school?
Not so much within school, but our area has recently been issued with food waste bins with the weekly rubbish. Many kids reported going home and encouraging their families to use their bins better - or begin using them.