Equitable and Sustainable Food Access

From Heidi Turcotte April 19th, 2021

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Equitable and Sustainable Food Access

D'Anna Muhammad, Rhonda Love, Charlene Matthew

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

This session encourages student civic engagement and responsibility by presenting a STEAM unit that explores food deserts and the challenges communities face in having access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. Students are challenged to use square foot gardening to design a system that maximizes space for growing vegetables in container gardens. They will also use coding to design a system for monitoring water, nutrients, or sunlight levels for community members who want to grow their own vegetables but have limited space or resources. Curriculum standards are integrated across Science, Math, Social Studies, and Art through creating equitable solutions and incorporating various art forms that enhance the solution. The session will explore ideas for student innovation, and the sharing of those ideas with the larger community. Scaling will occur from the starting classroom to other buildings within the county and into the local community.

Tags: steamleadership2021

name: Heidi Turcotte
email: hturcotte3@gatech.edu
Appears In: Steam Leadership Conference

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