1. Before you start!
Leave a blank page for your Geography word wall. The title needs to be “Geography of my stuff”.
Here is an example:

2. L.O: To know and understand what food miles are.
What are food miles?
L.O: To know and understand what food miles are.

3. Learning outcomes… ALL: Students will know what a food mile is.
I am working at a level 3
MOST: Students will be able to explain what a food mile is.
I am working at a level 4/5
SOME: Students will understand the impacts of food miles.
I am working at a level 5/6

4. What’s in the bag???
Empty your bag out and see what countries your possessions are from.

5. So, what is a food mile???
Food mile= The distance food is transported from the place it is produced until reaching the consumer; a measure of the quantity of greenhouse gases emitted, and other environmental impact caused by transport.

6. Let’s Go BANANAS… I need two volunteers.
You are now going to demonstrate how long it will take for that product to get to the UK and how much pollution you will give off by getting here.

7. Your mission…
Look at the information you have about different types of food.
Using your world map and atlas you are going to map the journey of the food we eat.
Extra thinking:
Does this information surprise you?
Could we get any products closer?
Why do we get product certain products from other countries?

8. Miss Ginns Can of worms…
On your worm try and answer this question “ Why might it be difficult to reduce food miles when buying foods such as fruit?”

9. Learning outcomes… ALL: Students will know what a food mile is.
I am working at a level 3
MOST: Students will be able to explain what a food mile is.
I am working at a level 4/5
SOME: Students will understand the impacts of food miles.
I am working at a level 5/6