Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project STEM & Food Systems What does STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) have to do with Food Systems? How can students “do” engineering in a practical real-world situation?

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project Next Generation Science Standards

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project Food Systems & the Practices Asking Questions and Defining Problems Using Models Conducting Investigations Analyzing and Interpreting data Using mathematics and computational thinking Constructing explanations and designing solutions Engaging in argument from evidence Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information Food Systems

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project Food Systems and Cross Cutting Concepts Food Systems Patterns Systems Causation Scale EnergyStructure and Function Stability and Change

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project Food Systems & the Engineering Process ASK IMAGINE PLAN CREATEIMPROVE

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project Place as the context

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project

Examples Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project "By creating the means for students to engage in the process of building a sustainable food system, we are providing them the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills.“ -Tom Sabo, MHS

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project Examples

Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project

Resources Sustainable Schools Project - sustainableschoolsproject.org SEED Center - theseedcenter.org Engineering is Elementary - eie.org Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation- celfeducation.org US Partnership for ESD, K-12 & Teacher Ed – k12.uspartnership.org Community Works - communityworksjournal.org Green Teacher – greenteacher.com Facing the Future – facingthefuture.org