Designing Food Desert Solutions

9th – 12th Grade

Learning + Food Objectives:
Students will investigate one or more aspects of food deserts and will use design thinking to propose solutions to the problem of food deserts.

Common Core Standards:
Common Core English Language Arts

Synthesizing research in presentation

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7
Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.