{"id":16531,"date":"2021-01-05T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=16531"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:49:02","slug":"publication-transporting-food-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/publication-transporting-food-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication: Transporting Food Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FNR-609-W\"<\/a>This Nature of Teaching lesson plan<\/a> teaches students how the transportation of food and food waste affects the environment. Students will expand their vocabulary, broaden their geography, and have fun working on their math skills as they calculate food miles. A list of materials needed and activity instructions for interactive, hands-on activities are included, along with Next Generation Science Standards and\/or Core Standards met by these lesson plans.<\/p>\n

The Nature of Teaching includes formal standards-based curricula and informal activity-based curricula all centered around getting youth outside. The three program areas of the formal curricula include: Wildlife, Health and Wellness, and Food Waste. Each program area provides standards-based lesson plans free as a downloadable PDF. Lesson plans are classroom ready for grades K-12.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong>
\nNature of Teaching, website<\/a> and Youtube Channel<\/a>
\nThe Nature of Teaching: Food Waste Solutions<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
\nThe Nature of Teaching: Food Waste and the Environment<\/a>, The Education Store
\nFood Waste and Natural Resources Lesson Plans<\/a>, The Education Store
\nIntroduction to Nature of Teaching Sneak Peek Videos<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Rod Williams<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Science
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Nature of Teaching lesson plan teaches students how the transportation of food and food waste affects the environment. Students will expand their vocabulary, broaden their geography, and have fun working on their math skills as they calculate food miles. A list of materials needed and activity instructions for interactive, hands-on activities are included, along […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,859,860],"tags":[824,1318,875,1288,297],"class_list":["post-16531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howto","category-nature-of-teaching","category-publication","tag-environment","tag-food","tag-food-waste","tag-k-12","tag-nature-of-teaching","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t