From field to plate

This learning scenario was made by: Patricija Hercog (Croatia) and Ljiljana Mudrinić (Serbia). This LS
will explore what happen with food from field to plate. It will then explore what happens when
leftovers are thrown away. There will be made some researches to identify where food comes from and
how to reduce waste. Students will recycle leftovers, use it as a fertiliser for the growth of new food
products. Students will diseminate the whole project and share it with the local community.

What Who Where With

The possible The people who take The locations where The community
connections with your up the teacher role learning takes place stakeholders to
curriculum collaborate with
Biology Teacher Outdoor spaces Families
Natural science Other school personnel Classroom Local businesses
Engineering & Technology Parent Other spaces in school
Language Expert
Physical Sciences
Chemistry
Art
Design
 Learning Units (5)
Create

1.
Making a clasroom composter
Group work - Hands on activity - Presentation

Working in groups (families can help) , students will build a composter, with each group being
responsible for a different part of the composter. For the next 3 weeks, they will check the compost
level every 3 days, measure the temperature, and record their observations.
What Who Where With
Biology Other school Classroom Families
Engineering & personnel Outdoor spaces
Technology Parent
Natural science Teacher

Brief

2.
What is composting?
Discussion - Group work

With the help of their families students will prepare questions for an expert related to the
composting process, building composters, and the use of fertilisers. The expert will answer all the
questions.
What Who Where With
Biology Expert Other spaces in -
Language Teacher school
Physical Sciences Outdoor spaces

Research

3.
What will happen in the composter?
Group work - Hands on activity - Scientific/technological inquiry

Students will conduct experiments during which they investigate what can be placed in the
composter, which products decompose faster, and what speeds up composting.
What Who Where With
Biology Teacher Classroom -
Chemistry Outdoor spaces
Natural science
Create

4.
School garden and garden development- arbitrarily chosen activity
Group work - Hands on activity - Individual work

Students will begin to work on designing a garden based on data. They will analyse what plants
need to provide the right conditions for growth.
What Who Where With
Biology Parent Outdoor spaces Families
Teacher

Share

5.
Disemination and presentation of the results
Event or festival - Group work - Presentation

Students will prepare an event for the local community and parents at the community garden created
as part of the project. Photo panels will be mounted on the fence or in the garden, and they will
prepare a film to project onto the facade of the building. If possible, they will also present the first
crops of the garden.
What Who Where With
Art Other school Classroom Families
Design personnel Other spaces in Local businesses
Teacher school