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Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project STEM & Food Systems What does STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) have to do with Food Systems? How can students “do” engineering in a practical real- world situation?
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Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project
STEM & Food Systems
What does STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) have to do with Food Systems?
How can students “do” engineering in a practical real-world situation?
Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project
Next Generation Science Standards
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Food Systems & the Practices
Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Using ModelsConducting
InvestigationsAnalyzing and
Interpreting data
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Constructing explanations and
designing solutions
Engaging in argument from evidence
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating
information
Food Systems
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Food Systems and Cross Cutting Concepts
Food Systems
Patterns
Systems
Causation
Scale
Energy Structure and Function
Stability and Change
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Food Systems & the Engineering Process
ASK
IMAGINE
PLAN
CREATEIMPROVE
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Place as the context
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Examples
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"By creating the means for students to engage in the process of building a sustainable food system, we are providing them the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills.“-Tom Sabo, MHS
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Examples
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Resources
Sustainable Schools Project -sustainableschoolsproject.org
SEED Center - theseedcenter.org
Engineering is Elementary - eie.org
Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation- celfeducation.org
US Partnership for ESD, K-12 & Teacher Ed – k12.uspartnership.org
Community Works - communityworksjournal.org
Green Teacher – greenteacher.com
Facing the Future – facingthefuture.org
