A new year of learning means new opportunities to inspire your students. And what better way than by tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time, climate change? 🌍
Food is at the heart of this challenge: it shapes our environment, societies, and economies. By exploring food systems, students don’t just learn what’s on their plate, but they learn about their role as citizens in creating a sustainable future.
That’s why, over the past two years, TheFood Odyssey Project (co-funded by Erasmus+), has developed, with schools, NGOs, and organisations across Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and Serbia, a set of free, innovative tools to help you bring these crucial topics into your classrooms using game-based learning, storytelling, and interactive learning.
Here’s your learning journey for the new school year:
1️⃣ Step 1 - Take our online course!
🎥 The Food Odyssey Training Course explores the big picture of food and climate - and you can either follow the full learning journey or simply pick your favourite subject to explore.
The videos are organised into 4 lesson modules, each combining theory, real-world examples, and classroom-ready tools:
- Anthropocene 🌍 – humanity’s impact on the planet and the new era we live in.
- Food Systems 🍎 – food as perpetrator, victim, and solution in the climate crisis.
- Ecological Footprint 👣 – measuring our impact and making sustainable choices.
- Gamification & Game-Based Learning 🎮 – creative methods to engage students.
📌 Video lessons available for free with subtitles in: 🇬🇧 English, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇷🇸 Serbian, 🇸🇮 Slovenian, 🇪🇸 Spanish.
👉 Start the online course here!
2️⃣ Step 2 - Download our Teachers’ Toolkit!
📚 Ready-to-use slides and materials that match the course modules and that are designed to help you, teachers, to learn about sustainability and food systems and to bring this content into the classroom and spark class discussions on climate and sustainability.
Just fill in a quick form (2 minutes) and get:
- 4 complete slide decks
- Supporting resources for deeper learning
👉 Get the learning material here!
3️⃣ Step 3 - Play our Digital Escape Room with your students
🔐 An interactive game where students solve puzzles, collaborate, and learn more about the links between food and climate change. It was co-created by food systems experts, climate action advocates and teachers. And it has been tested by over 300 students!
- Available in 🇬🇧 English, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇷🇸 Serbian, 🇸🇮 Slovenian, 🇪🇸 Spanish
- Recommended group size: up to 6
- Duration: ~45 minutes
💡 Want to be fully prepared? Check also our Instructions & Solutions Guide available in all the languages!
📘 Need support with the Escape Room contents?
Use the Students’ Toolkit, designed to help you bring the game’s learning outcomes into your classroom and promote deeper engagement with sustainability.
What’s inside:
- 4 short PPT presentations (with video links) on: Food waste, Plate waste, Biodiversity and food systems, Resource allocation
- A guide with interactive activities and tools to organize in class with your students before or after the Escape Room experience
- Available in 🇬🇧 English, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇷🇸 Serbian, 🇸🇮 Slovenian, 🇪🇸 Spanish.
👉 Explore the Students’ Toolkit here
4️⃣ Step 4 - Share your experience!
💬 Your feedback is precious. We believe in innovation in school education and want to continue improving these tools in the next projects. Share your experience with us and help shape our next steps by writing to us on our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin). Your input will help us make learning about food, sustainability, and climate change even more impactful for teachers and students everywhere.
Climate change is not a future problem: it’s a reality your students are already living in. By approaching it through food, you can help them connect the dots between daily life and global challenges, while keeping learning engaging and fun.
We therefore hope these tools help make your teaching journey both inspiring and impactful.
Happy teaching and have a nice year ahead!
The Food Odyssey Team
Amazing project! So important to explore and develop game-based learning approaches and tools! :-)
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