Green products consumption

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The questions that can be used to further discuss on the topic of green products consumption are the following:

What did you learn on this video that you want to share with someone else?
Who will you share it with?
What is green products consumption about?
Are you familiar with it?
Why is it important?
How do you feel about green products consumption?
Are you used in green products consumption?
Is there anything you would like to learn more about this topic?
Sustainable Transportation Activities

Teachers can choose 1 among the 2 suggested activities, according to their students’ profiles.

GREEN FOOD CHALLENGE

Target group (age group): 10-14 years old
Materials needed: A list of commonly consumed foods (e.g. fruits, vegetables, grains, meat, ), Online resources or books about green food products and their benefits, Access to a computer or tablet for creating digital presentations (e.g., PowerPoint, Google Slides) or poster templates (e.g., Canva), Poster boards or large sheets of paper, Coloured markers, crayons, or coloured pencils, Glue or tape, Scissors, Printouts of relevant images (optional), Any other art supplies you prefer for poster-making,

Note: assure that green food products and materials are age-appropriate and safe for the children to handle

Aim of the activity: To raise awareness about the importance of consuming green food products and to encourage children to make eco-friendly choices.
Description of the activity:

Divide the students into small groups (3-4 students per group). Ask the students to sit in a circle or at their desks. Start the activity by discussing with the children what green food products are and why it’s important to consume them. Explain the benefits of consuming eco-friendly foods, such as reducing carbon footprint, supporting local farmers, and reducing food waste. Start a brainstorming session where each student takes turns naming a green food they know (e.g., broccoli, spinach, apples, peas). Encourage creativity and provide positive feedback for each contribution.
Next, provide a list of commonly consumed foods and ask the children to choose one or two items from the list. Ask the children to research and find information about green food products related to their chosen items. They can use online resources or books to find information about eco-friendly food production methods, organic farming, and sustainable food packaging.

Once they gather their information, ask the children to create a presentation or poster about their chosen green food products.

They can include information about the benefits of consuming these products, their impact on the environment, and how they are produced sustainably.

Finally, have the children present their posters or presentations to the rest of the class.

Encourage them to discuss their findings and encourage their peers to make eco-friendly choices when it comes to food consumption.

Additionally, and as a homework activity, each group could create a collaborative digital city map pinpointing local places to buy green products.

Poster example

Questions for reflection:
What are your thoughts after completing this activity?
What did you like most on this activity?
How can you incorporate what you learned from the activity in your everyday life?
What did you learn that you want to share with someone else? Whom will you share it with?
Personal plan: Write down what kind of activities you are going to implement in the next 7 days referring to green product consumption. Do you think that you are going to face any difficulties? If yes, what kind and how are you going to address them?

GREEN FOOD BINGO

Target group (age group): 10-14 years old
Materials needed Bingo cards with different green food products (e.g. organic fruits and vegetables, fair trade coffee, locally sourced honey, etc.), Tokens (e.g. beans, coins, etc.) for marking off bingo squares, Information about green food products and their benefits
Aim of the activity: To encourage children to learn and identify different green food products and their benefits.

Note: assure that materials are age-appropriate and safe for the children to handle.

Description of the activity:

Start by explaining to the children what green food products are and why it’s important to consume them. Provide information about the benefits of consuming eco-friendly foods, such as reducing carbon footprint, supporting local farmers, and reducing food waste.
Give each child a bingo card with different green food products on it. The cards can have different arrangements of products to make the game more challenging.
Explain the rules of the game. The caller will call out different green food products and the children will mark off the corresponding squares on their cards.

The first person to mark off a line (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) and call out “Bingo!” wins.

Before the game starts, provide additional information about each green food product, such as where it’s produced, how it’s grown, and why it’s considered eco-friendly.
Once the game starts, the caller will call out different green food products one at a time. As the children mark off the corresponding squares on their cards, encourage them to discuss the benefits of each product and how it contributes to sustainability.
Once someone calls out “Bingo!”, congratulate the winner and ask them to share their favourite green food product and why they chose it.

Questions for reflection:
What are your thoughts after completing this activity?
What’s the importance of consuming green products?
How did the game help you learn about different sustainable food options?
What did you like most on this activity?
How can you incorporate what you learned from the activity in your everyday life?
Personal plan: Write down what kind of activities you are going to implement in the next 7 days referring to green product consumption. Do you think that you are going to face any difficulties? If yes, what kind and how are you going to address them?

This card is an example of the bingo cards that teachers and students can create:

GREEN FOOD SCAVENGER HUNT

Target group (age group): 10-14 years old
Materials needed: Green Food Product Cards – a photo or a picture of a green product (2 cards per each green product, equal), small prizes or rewards for the winners.

Note: assure that green food products and clues are age-appropriate and safe for the children to find and handle.

Aim of the activity: To raise awareness about the importance of consuming green food, to know what are green productsand to encourage children to make eco-friendly choices.
Description of the activity:

Divide the children into small groups of 3-4 and provide each group with a list of green food products and clues related to the products.
The children have to find the green food products and complete the clues related to them within a set time frame, e.g. 30 minutes.
Each group will have a different starting point, and they will need to follow the clues to find the green food products hidden in various locations around the playground.
When they find a green food product, they need to take a picture of it with their phone or camera to show as proof of their discovery.
Once all the green food products have been found, the groups need to return to the starting point and present their pictures to the facilitator.

The facilitator will check the pictures and award points to the groups for each successful discovery and clue completion.

The group with the most points at the end of the game wins.
After the game, have a debrief session with the children to discuss the importance of consuming green food products and how it can benefit the environment and our health.

Questions for reflection:
What are your thoughts after completing this activity?
How did the game help you learn about different sustainable food options?
What did you like most on this activity?
How can you incorporate what you learned from the activity in your everyday life?
Personal plan: each student will have to consume a green product once a day and take photos of the meal for a week

GREEN FOOD ADVENTURE

Target group (age group): 10-14 years old
Materials needed: Green food products (e.g. fruits, vegetables, grains, etc.), Smartphones, Trivia questions, Small prizes or rewards for the winners (optional)

Note: assure that green food products and materials are age-appropriate and safe for the children.

Note: assure that green food products and clues are age-appropriate and safe for the children to find and handle.

Aim of the activity: The aim of this activity is to
promote healthy eating habits and encourage kids to consume more green food products.
provide a fun and engaging way for kids to learn about green food products.
foster teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills.
encourage kids to be creative and use social media in a positive way.
Description of the activity:

Before the game, the teacher or game facilitator will provide the students with a list of green food products such as spinach, kale, broccoli, cucumber, zucchini, green apples, kiwi, etc.
The students will be divided into teams of 4-5 players. Each team will choose a team name.
Each team will be given a set of challenges related to green food products. The challenges will be a mix of physical challenges and trivia questions.
The challenges can be set up in the school playground or in the school gymnasium. For example, a physical challenge could be to complete an obstacle course while carrying a basket of green apples or to race to a designated spot while balancing an apple on a spoon.
One of the trivia questions could be about the purpose of consuming green products.

This is an example of a quiz card teachers can create and print to give the students:

Once the team completes a challenge, they will earn points. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

The posts must include the team’s name and the hashtag #GreenFoodAdventure.

The game will be promoted on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, with the help of professors and others involved.
The winning team will receive a prize, such as a basket of green food products or a gift card to a healthy food store.
Additionally, as a homework activity, teams can also earn bonus points by taking photos or videos of themselves eating or preparing green food products and posting them on social media platforms like Instagram or TikTok.

Questions for reflection:
What are your thoughts after completing this activity?
How did the game help you learn about different sustainable food options?
What did you like most on this activity?
How can you incorporate what you learned from the activity in your everyday life?
Personal plan: Write down what kind of activities you are going to implement in the next 7 days referring to green product consumption. Do you think that you are going to face any difficulties? If yes, what kind and how are you going to address them?