Be a Food Waste Warrior

Discover our comprehensive K-12 lesson plans, activities, and classroom materials to teach students the environmental impact of school lunch. Transform your cafeteria into a classroom and protect the planet for future generations!

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How to Conduct a Food Waste Audit at Your School

A guide created for educators, parents, partners, and whomever would like to reduce food waste in K-12 schools.

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Lessons & activities by grade level

Lessons & activities

A Little Food Waste Leads to a Lot

Toolkit for grades K-2

Grade
PreK-2

Subjects
Science & STEM

Math

Theme
Sustainability & human impact
Lessons & activities

Food Waste Hurts Our World

Toolkits for grades 3-5

Grade
3-5

Subjects
Science & STEM

Math

Theme
Sustainability & human impact
Lessons & activities

How Much Food Is Wasted Each Year?

Toolkit for grades 6-8

Grade
6-8

Subjects
Science & STEM

Math

Theme
Sustainability & human impact
Lessons & activities

Equipping Food Waste Activists

Toolkit for grades 9-12

Grade
9-12

Subjects
Science & STEM

Math

Theme
Sustainability & human impact

What you get inside the toolkit

Teach it as a 1-2 week unit or use the individual resources. The toolkit includes:

Teaching guides

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Food audit

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Discussion topics

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Student activities

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Engage Your Class

Teachers, your classroom food waste audit can be a part of WWF’s national research by entering food audit results in the Food Waste Warriors Dashboard.

Download the audit guides now!

Food Waste Audit: Weight Log

Food Waste Audit: Count Log

Observation: Cafeteria Environment

Slideshows: understanding food waste

Use these slideshow lessons to introduce your students to the importance of reducing food waste. Teacher notes are built right in! Designed for K-5 and 6-12.