Ethical Eating Challenge
This challenge invites high schoolers to plan and shop for a week's meals, balancing nutritional needs, a set budget, and ethical sourcing. It's a hands-on exploration of personal finance, consumer choices, and societal impact. Students will make real-world decisions that reflect their values.
The lesson goal is in this spark, your learner will develop a practical weekly meal plan that balances nutrition, cost, and ethical considerations, practice budgeting and comparative shopping skills in a real-world setting and critically analyze the social, economic, and environmental impacts of consumer choices.
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Learning Guide
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- 1
Introduction5 Min
- Welcome to The Ethical Eater Challenge!
- Discuss ethical eating and budgeting.
- Move on when Student expresses initial thoughts on food choices, ethics, or budgeting.
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Explore & Plan15 Min
- Gather flyers, notebook, and pen.
- Set a weekly grocery budget.
- Plan ethical, budget-friendly meals.
- Research prices and compare options.
- Define ethical criteria; reduce waste.
- Move on when Student has a preliminary meal plan and grocery list, along with a budget outline and initial ethical considerations.
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Discussion8 Min
- Have them explain their meal plan.
- Discuss ethical choices and trade-offs.
- Move on when Student can articulate the reasoning behind their meal plan and budget decisions, highlighting ethical considerations and trade-offs.
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Activity25 Min
- Go to the grocery store.
- Let them lead shopping with their plan.
- Observe prices, compare, decide in real time.
- Stay near budget and ethical choices.
- Move on when Student has completed the grocery shopping, staying as close as possible to their budget and ethical guidelines.
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Summary7 Min
- Congratulate them on the challenge.
- Discuss shopping insights and takeaways.
- Move on when Student shares at least one key takeaway or changed perspective from the activity.
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