MYP4 - The Week of Our Food

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

The Week of Our Food 

What is -The week of our Food-?

What do you think is the main purpose of the week?

1. To promote Dutch restaurants
2. To make people more aware of the value of food
3. To teach people how to cook
4. To encourage people to eat Dutch food only

The Week of Our Food is a Dutch initiative that encourages people to think about:

• Where our food comes from
• How food is produced
• Who produces it
• How food affects our health
• How food affects the economy
• How our food choices affect society and the environment

During the week, activities take place throughout the Netherlands, including farm visits, cooking workshops, markets and lectures. For more information click HERE (information is in Dutch).

How are our food choices connected 

to people and the planet?

Inquiry question

Key Concept: Connections

Related Concepts: Sustainability, Systems, Choice

Global Context: Globalization and Sustainability

Our challenge

What is ONE change our school could make?

Teacher: These questions are going to be our investigation today.

We as a school want students to think more carefully about food. 

What is ONE change our school could make?

Choose one issue. Examples:

• food waste
• packaging
• local food
• seasonal food
• school lunches
• food education
• portion sizes

Our challenge

Investigate

In groups of 3 or 4, investigate one food-related issue and propose one realistic change our school could make. Each group will select a research question.

For example:

• How could our school reduce food waste?
• Should our school offer more local food?

Find enough information to answer your question

You need:

1.  Two reliable sources. For example: government websites, scientific organisations, NGOs.
2. Three important facts. Write the information in your own words.
3. One surprising finding. “We were surprised to discover that…”
4. One proposed change. “We think our school should…”

                         PROBLEM → EVIDENCE → PERSPECTIVES → SOLUTION

Presentation

Each group has TWO MINUTES to present the results. You must answer these five questions:

1. What is your issue?

2. What did you discover?

3. What surprised you?

4. What different perspectives did you find?

5. What should AICS do/change?

End with:

“Our recommendation is…”

From Ideas to Action

Which idea should our school actually consider? As a class, choose ONE issue that you think:

• is important;
• could make a real difference;
• is realistic for our school;
• has enough evidence behind it.

LET´S VOTE!

Let's communicate our idea

One class volunteer will send an email to :

• The Head of Campus and the Deputy Head of Campus. CC your mentor.

The email will present the class recommendation and it should include:

• 1. The name our our class.
• 2. Purpose: Why are we writing?
• 3. The issue: What did we investigate?
• 4. Our evidence: What did we discover?
• 5. Our recommendation: What change would we like the school to consider?
• 6. The benefits: Why could this make a positive difference?
• 7. A realistic next step: What could AICS do next?

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