Plate To Planet Curriculum
Beyond Benign in partnership with Impossible Foods has developed an open-access curriculum for elementary school teachers.
How will we sustainably feed an estimated 9 billion people, by the time you reach adulthood (2030)?
The new Plate to Planet curriculum sparks student interest by investigating biodiversity, food as science and science as a tool for solving sustainability challenges. This curriculum, which includes detailed connections to NGSS life and physical sciences and cross cutting concepts, teaches students in grades 3-5 how food production and food decisions impact our environment. By diving deeper into real-world science innovations and hands-on labs, students experience first hand how science can solve sustainability challenges and ways they take action.
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
- Chemical Reactions
- Ecosystems Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Structures and Properties of Matter
Complete the following form to access the full curriculum, which includes the 4 lessons with unit plans, accompanying Google slides and student worksheets.
For more information about our partner, Impossible Foods, please email schools@impossiblefoods.com
Plate to Planet Curriculum Sign-up Form
"Students are very interested in how our food impacts our environment, and they want to make choices that are healthy for our world. These lessons have inspired my students to think about the food they eat and make different choices that impact our planet."
- 2022 Plate to Planet pilot teacher
