Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Rot and Rubbish: The Rancid Truth About How Much Food We Waste

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the math of worldwide food waste, with focus on percentage, in this infographic from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students predict the percent of food in each of the various categories (e.g., grains, fruit, etc.)...
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: The Secret in the Cellar

For Students 9th - 10th
The Secret in the Cellar is an interactive web comic based on the real finding of a body from the 17th century in the Chesapeake Bay area. Using historical and archaeological clues, students are guided to discover the truth about how...