What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Educational Local Engaging Resourceful

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Community Mapping: Students physically or digitally create and annotate a map of their local neighbourhood. They identify key food locations, including: Where their food comes from (supermarkets, gardens, farmers' markets). Where good food is shared (foodbanks, community fridges). Crucially, sources of food waste in their immediate community (school bins, local businesses, etc.). "Food Heroes": Identifying local people or initiatives (like a community composter, a local food rescue organisation, or a school garden) who are actively managing and reducing food waste. This provides local, actionable models for change

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? in our school lunches and what was going into the pig bins. This changed what one of our dishes now looks like

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? community garden

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? yes as stated above

“The Good Food Map Kit by School Kits is a fantastic example of how to blend geography, sustainability, and health into a hands-on classroom experience. It’s designed to help students visualise where their food comes from and understand the complex journey from "farm to plate."”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, fun, accessible

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Very accessible and easy to understand.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Feeding animals at home!

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? How much waste they have when they eat

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not really.

“Really great kit for our special education health class. Students were really engaged and loved every bit.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, informative, fun

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? My students learnt a lot about food waste locally and were interested to view food waste as a global issue.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Use food waste as fertilizer on the garden.

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? So many more independent vegie shops nearby. The map sparked this discovery.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We have installed a worm farm to reduce our food waste, especially fruit scraps.

“We were studying food and recycling for our topic. The Good Food Map was a useful tool for my students and they found ot interesting to discover areas around them where food was grown or produced.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, visually interesting and age-appropriate

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? I felt it was effective, and had we more time to commit to furthering the exploring of the local versus global differences and similarities. This would be a great next step. We didn’t have the time to fully work through that specific topic - I feel.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? They were around local use and some students had seen the zoo poo idea so thought local animal poo from small lifestyle blocks would be great for composting for composting

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? The community garden initiatives in the local areas they live in

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? An initiative had been started previously, so some students were enthused to get involved in serving there.

“The resource tasks are well organised into visually appealing appropriate sized activities. The scope of the ability to keep the task more dimple and also add depth and complexity to it helped with differentiation. It made the students really think about their own food map.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interactive, exciting, innovative

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? That they can themselves make a difference in our world.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Give food to less fortunate people.

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? That we have a herb garden locally that most didn't know we had. They learnt how our local supermarket reduces waste.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We now have a recycling club. This was already in the pipeline but possibly prompted students to want to make a difference

“The students loved sharing their families food memories with the class. It was great looking into all the possible food outlets within our small community. The kits are always a fun way to deliver new learning.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? engaging, critical, beyond their world

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? getting them thinking about beyond their own world and life and seeing that we have the power to make changes even if it is small was powerful

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? have a cook off with families, create a food truck and have donations and koha

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? there are people on very different budgets and not realising what is normal in their house hold is not normal in others, and that other could benefit from more community food programmes

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? no - we already have some great initiatives

“My kiddies absolutly loved this kit! I think it was their favourite kit to date!”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? great, local, interesting

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? made them think about how both ideas need different ideas and processes and some the same but on different scales

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? finding new ways to avoid food waste in landfill such as worm farms, composting, making stock and pickles with less than perfect produce

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? were not aware of how much of a growing community we are

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? reducing waste

“Great for local curriculum and making students aware of what is grown so close to home”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? data collection, investigating

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? the class has a greater awareness however needed to spend more time digging deeper

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? we have established x2 food collection bins that now go into compost bins as opposed to the general rubbish - more learning still required.

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? the were interested in the different foods eaten in different eras but also common foods eating throughout all eras

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? food collection

“I found this particular kit hard to connect to my curriculum and the resources limiting. The best part for the class was they enjoyed interviewing their family members regarding their favourite food etc. From this data caollecting there was a wonderful discussion about food likes/dislikes and eras. They also enjoyed identifying food sources however our school is set in a rural area so it became a little difficult.”

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Posted 6 months ago

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