More Food! What is Food Security? LESSON

by Dynamic Earth Learning

Price: 500 points or $5 USD

Subjects: science,socialstudies,healthPhysEd,humanImpactsOnEarthSystems,globalClimateChange,weatherAndClimate,lifeScience

Grades: 5,6,7,8,9

Description: Embedded video lesson on first slide! Then students answer 30 questions. This lesson covers the challenges we face in food production due to the growing population and the need for sustainability. It highlights the impact of farming on natural resources and climate change, including water scarcity and unpredictable weather patterns. To create a sustainable future, the lesson emphasizes the importance of increasing agricultural efficiency, preserving water quality, intelligent fertilizer use, protecting water supplies, reducing land use, and minimizing emissions from agriculture. It discusses the concept of the food shortage gap and the need to address malnutrition and hunger by closing the gap through improved agricultural practices. The lesson suggests ideas for increasing food production without harming the environment, such as utilizing existing farmland, implementing smarter agriculture practices, reducing fertilizer use, consuming less livestock, and improving food storage methods. It concludes by emphasizing the necessity of global-scale changes to ensure long-term food supply and security.