Introduction
The world's population is constantly increasing and with that increase comes the need for more food. With the need for more food comes the need for more land for crops and livestock, meaning forests and habitats are being destroyed. Your task today will be to come up with a possible solution for helping to solve the hunger crisis, while working to maintain land and habitats necessary for many living species of plants and animals.
Task
Your task today will be to come up with a possible solution for helping to solve the hunger crisis, while working to maintain land and habitats necessary for many living species of plants and animals. You will work with your group to determine a possible solution, determine the impact of the solution, and share your solution with your classmates.
Process
1. Read Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?
https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sub-sahara_article.pdf
2. Your task today will be to come up with a possible solution for helping to solve the hunger crisis, while working to maintain land and habitats necessary for many living species of plants and animals. List a possible solution and diagram its impact using The Futures Wheel. List as many effects of your solution as possible.
https://www.mindtools.com/axp7uoq/the-futures-wheel-infographic
3. Create a presentation, either digital or on paper, to present to the class about your possible solution to helping to solve the hunger crisis, while working to maintain land and habitats necessary for many living species of plants and animals.
You can use these resources to help you look for more information.
Revolutionizing the Way We Grow Food | Nat Geo Live
A Five-Step Plan to Feed the World
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/feeding-9-billion/
Hunger Map
Food Access in the United States
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas/
How Do We Produce Food?
Evaluation
Criteria for Presentation
1. A possible solution for helping to solve the hunger crisis, while working to maintain land and habitats necessary for many living species of plants and animals should be listed and explained with words, pictures and diagrams. (10 points)
2. You must include a possible solution and diagram its impact using The Futures Wheel. List as many effects of your solution as possible (Minimum of 3 effects, positive and/or negative) (10 points)
3. An explanation of who would benefit from your possible solution (small community, a whole country, solution could be used world-wide, etc.). (5 points)
4. List of References
5. Creative and Appealing Presentation
6. List of Input from each group member
7. Verbal group presentation with contribution from each group member
Conclusion
You've explored a little about the world's need for more food, ways to produce and provide that food, and the need for possible solutions to this ever increasing problem. You've posed a possible solution and determined its effect size. Change begins with you and everyone can make a difference!
Credits
Crash Course. (2022, February 21). How do we produce food? Crash course geography #43 [Video]. YouTube.
Environmental Science Journal for Teens. (2017, November). Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sub-sahara_article.pdf
Foley, J. (n.d.) The five-step plan to feed the world. National Geographic Magazine. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/feeding-9-billion/
Mind Tools. (2022). The futures wheel infographic. https://www.mindtools.com/axp7uoq/the-futures-wheel-infographic
National Geographic. (2015, October 27). Revolutionizing the way we grow food [Video]. YouTube.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2022, December 9). Food access research atlas. https://gisportal.ers.usda.gov/portal/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?id=a53ebd7396cd4ac3a3ed09137676fd40
World Food Programme. (n.d.). Hunger map live. https://hungermap.wfp.org/
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Mrs. Todd
Middle School Teacher
Springfield City School District