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Our lesson plans are based on activities that focus on active participation of students. They combine teamwork, role-playing, communication skills, experimentation and opportunities for student led discussions.
Discover our food-related lesson plans under each themes!
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Our diet is closely linked to our health. Unhealthy diets can increase our risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer. Unfortunately, many people have unhealthy dietary habits, such as eating too few vegetables and fruits and too many processed foods. This is leading to an increase in weight problems and obesity in Europe. The lessons in this theme aim to raise awareness in students about how food interacts with the human body, how to acquire the correct nutrients via our diets, as well as practical skills like reading labels of products in supermarkets.
View resourcesEngaging students in food and sustainability is crucial for both the future of our food system and planetary health. The lesson plans in this theme explore issues around regenerative agriculture, sustainable food choices, and food waste. Students will learn about the challenges facing our food system and how they can personally be involved in making it more sustainable.
View resourcesChildren and teenagers are bombarded with “scientific information” about food. But much of this information is contradictory, inaccurate, or simply false. This theme provides lesson plans that teach students the skills they need to evaluate food science information critically and to communicate this information effectively. The lessons also explore food systems as a complex web of activities, from production to processing to consumption.
View resourcesThe lesson plans in this theme help students discover potential agrifood careers by raising their awareness about the variety of skills and different professions in the field. The activities range from describing food professions to classifying them at different stages of the food chain. Some of the lesson plans also support the development of entrepreneurial skills.
View resourcesWelcome to our FoodEducators resources. We offer to educators three types of resources: Lesson plans, Short Activities, and Food Focus Days. These resources are aligned with our four (not mutually exclusive) themes: Food & health, Food & sustainability, Food science & food systems, Agrifood careers & jobs.
All our resources were developed to address these main learning objectives:
These include digital games, card games and other activities that can be used in a more informal way and not in connection with a specific lesson.
Who we are:
FoodEducators is an EIT Food programme that provides teachers with fun, creative and interesting activities to engage young people, mainly schoolchildren. Our easily accessible, science-based food education materials enhance students' learning so they can become better informed, conscious consumers of the future.
We harvest new insights into how to deepen learning experiences around food, promote health and sustainability, and motivate future generations to pursue careers in the agrifood sector. Our programme focuses on inspiring leadership, conscious consumerism, food science literacy, entrepreneurial mindsets, and vocational possibilities among young people aged 6 to 18 years old.
Our vision:
A world where all young people have access to food education and are aware of exciting and innovative agrifood careers.
Our mission:
To support educators to teach, engage and inspire young people about the food they eat and consider a career in agrifood.
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