I want to explore food, the systems behind how we get food to our table, and how each system affect our individual footprint since it does not only affect us as individuals but also the rest of the world and future generation. It is also a sustainable topic because once we can identify the systems that most impact our footprint we can make personal changes to how we shop or even what food we consume. By teaching students and exposing them to real-world problems there is potential they will think about changing their habits as a child rather than when they become an adult. 
It is important for students to discover that food does not simply magically appear on their plate or lunch box but that there are systems behind how they get their food. It is also important for them to know how different systems can contribute differently to their footprint. This is relevant because food is one of the top contributors to individual’s footprint and one way to decrease someone’s footprint is to examine how the system of their food works and where change would best be implemented.

 It is important for my elementary students to be open-minded and to have skills such as problem-solving in order to find solutions to decrease their footprint. This project will relate to science and math. It relates to science because we will discuss food and technology. It will also relate to math because I will be using mathematical languages such as increase, decrease, and other numbers.

Students will be able to identity how food can contribute to their footprint. 

Students will be able to identify where local food is produced. 

Student will be able to compare industrial food and local food by creating a diagram.

·(Disciplinary Core Idea) ESS3.C Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life had major effects on land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth's resources and environments. (5-ESS3-1)

·CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.8Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

·MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.