Grade Levels: All

Introduction: 

In this activity, students will learn about what honey makers, basket makers, and cocoa farmers do in a day! These short videos give students a new found appreciation for our mother earth who continues to provide us with what we need. It also teaches them about who takes care of these resources and how they do it. 

Activity:

1. Visit this site  for 3 animated day in a life videos on honey makers, basket makers, and cocoa farmers.  Choose which videos you'd like your class to see. 

• Each video is approximately 3 minutes long

2. After watching a video, these are the key takeaways students should have: 

• The importance and advantage of properly taking care of our resources

• The role of humans which is to care but not to disrupt or damage resources

• All the possibilities we can do with our natural resources

• How all living things interact and help each other

3. Discuss they key takeaways with each other and how else can we support and protect these resources

Grade Levels: All with adult supervision 

Introduction:

Every day, so much food gets thrown away for many reasons such as being rotten or left overs. In a year, 1,300,000,000,000 kilograms of food is wasted (The World Counts.) and that affects the earth through carbon emissions but also waste resources that others have worked to provide and foods that could go to those who are hungry. So, what better way to enjoy food, spend some bonding time, and save almost spoiled food than making treats, drinks, foods and more with them! 

Activity:

1. Use this link to find 25 foods you can save and how. There is a wide variety like fruits, fish, dairy, meats and vegetables and some foods here will bring you to a wider list of recipes! 

2. Find an adult to do this with for safety and extra bonding time!

3. Enjoy your super delicious treat!

Key takeaways: 

• Brings awareness on what food waste does and how much of it there is

• Teaches students that "one man's waste is another man's treasure." Meaning that so much can be done to not waste resources and if others see it as trash, another person can make do out of it

• Teaches students that there are always new solutions and possibilities to any challenge we face