Lesson FS7: Summative Assessment – United Nations Council Meeting

Description: Students conduct a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Summit (UN Summit) in order to address the food security challenges of the countries they’ve researched throughout the Food Security module. Through the UN Summit, students recommend actions to improve the food production system as a representative of their country and follow-up with an individual critical evaluation of the proposed actions.

Objectives

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Students conduct a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Summit (UN Summit) in order to address the food security challenges they have researched throughout the Food Security module. As a representative of their country, they recommend actions to improve the food production system and follow-up with an individual critical evaluation of the proposed actions. The UN Summit is an authentic, Project Based Learning (PBL) product that incorporates current Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and systems thinking.  Students will synthesize and apply knowledge and skills acquired in Food Security (FS) Lessons 1-6, and work collaboratively to solve real-world problems.

Instructions

FOR EDUCATORS

Please use this Complete Food Security (FS) Module link to access the most up-to-date version of our Food Security Curriculum Module (last updated 02/23/21). If you would like to further field test or optimize these lessons, please email us at see@isbscience.org.

Assessment

This lesson follows the FS Pre/post-assessment (Google Doc | Word Doc), Lesson FS1: Introduction to Food Security, Lesson FS2: Critically Evaluating Food Production TechniquesFS APPLICATION 1, Lesson FS3: Who Cares? Stakeholders!, and Lesson FS4: Food Security as a System. After completing Lesson FS7, administer the FS post-assessment (same as the pre-assessment) to assess student growth and knowledge. Please consider sending electronic versions of any student work to see@isbscience.org.

Resources

NOTES FOR TEACHERS PRIOR TO TEACHING THIS LESSON – all of the documents mentioned below can be found in the Lesson FS7: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Summit section of this PDF (p.52-70)

Print and read:

    • PartII UNSummit Systems Thinking Guide Teacher Key

Prepare the following supplies:

    • Posters: 1 per country group
    • Post-it notes: 4 per student
    • Markers: class set

Pull up on computer:

    • UN Summit overview table (4th page of this document)
    • UN Overview Video
    • WRI 2013 – “The Great Balancing Act”

Print 1 copy of the following per student:

    • Part I_UNSummit_Overview_(Student)
    • Part I_UNSummit_Gathering Information and Finding Solutions (Student)
    • Part II_UNSummit_Systems Thinking Guide (Student)
    • Part III_UNSummit_Testing_A_Solution_(Student)
    • Part III_UNSummit_Claim_and_Evidence_Rubric_(Student)

Print 1 copy of the following per country group:

    • PartII_UNSummit_Example_UN Actions_EastFenwick_(Country_Group) (May need to reformat references)
    • Optional: Example_UN Goals_FAO_Sustainable_Development
    • WRI(2013)_The_Great_Balancing_Act

Print 1 copy of the following per UN Summit group:

    • PartII_UNSummit_Grant_for_Proposed_Actions(UNSummit_Group) 

Students need to gather these resources from previous lessons in the module:

    • FS1-FS6: Building Your Case worksheet  (handed out during FS1)
    • APPLICATION 1
    • FS3: Stakeholder Guiding Questions (Student)
    • FS3: Stakeholder Table (Student)

Links to websites and papers for country information:

Not required, but additional information if interested

Case Study: Haiti

Case Study: North Korea

Case Study: Namibia

*The links within the main PDF and curriculum module were updated on 11/01/18*