EAThink 2015 in Italy, Lombardia

Chiara Capello, Tommaso Grossi Primary School

Giulia Marconi, Molino Vecchio Junior SecondarySchool

Donatella Radrizzani, Varalli Turistic High School

Topics and priorities

• Preventing food waste

• Discovering the local food chain

• Linking producers and youngconsumers also in a big city

• Analysing food labelsinformation

• Understanding

the importance of

agro-biodiversity

Learning Unit example for Primary school: food waste

• Meeting with not for profit organization, Banco Alimentare, providing food for the poorthrough food saved from waste

• Brainstorming on food waste athome and school canteen, collection of recipes with leftovers

• Output: interactive presentation

Learning Unit example for Primary school: local food

• Lessons on seasonal food and zero chilometers products

• Visit to local farmers market (Cascina Cuccagna)

• Visit to a urban farm (Cascina Campazzo) led by peer educators of Varalli Turistic High School

Learning Unit example for Junior Secondary school:

Local and Global agriculture

• 4 class involved• 70 boys and girls (11-12 years old)• 40 hours for class• Interdisciplinary work: Italian,

Science, English, Geography, Tecnology. Gym

• Final output: pdf presentation, photo reportage

Learning Unit example for Junior Secondary school:

Local and Global agriculture

• Food labels reading• Meeting with «Spiga e Madia»

project, a local bread production and distribution chain damaged by the building of a new highway

• Worshop at the Coop supermerketon critical consumption and marketing

• «Healthy snacks week» at school• Expo visit

Challenges

• Improve cooperation and respectamong school-mates

• How can we evaluate the projects?

• How can we involve new teachers?

1) Engaging more classes

2) Teachers of different subjects with different skills

Create a positive emotional climate in the school and between teachers

Planning

Collaboration with families