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Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship

Invented by Students: a Food Waste Solution

Shane Duncan and Asgar Ali of Pottstown HS (Pa.) invent a kid-safe fruit slicer to support their research that showed that students are more likely to eat cut-up fruit. With a partnership with WE Schools, they put their invention into their cafeteria to combat food waste.

Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship

The 2018 Wyeth Nutrition Kid Innovators

Wyeth Nutrition Philippines introduces the 2018 Wyeth Nutrition Kid Innovators. Conquering real-life problems in health and nutrition, these projects will inspire you!

Ideas & Resources

Reducing Food Waste At Home

Want to do your part to reduce food waste? Check out these tips and toolkits to improve food waste in your community.

For Educators

Teaching Students about Food Insecurity

The Pulitzer Center provides lesson plans to teach students about food insecurity.

For Educators

The Hunger Gap

This lesson teaches students how to define and measure hunger and food insecurity, examine community food availability maps, and explore interventions designed to improve food insecurity.

Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship

11 Kid Inventors Break Down Their Greatest Inventions

These 11 students, ages 6-12, share their solutions to real-world problems created during the National Invention Convention.

Ideas & Resources

Innovation: Domino's Smart Slice

Domino's set out to create a superior school cafeteria pizza for students that meets or exceeds school nutrition requirements. The company wanted to be part of the solution to promote healthy, active lifestyles for young people, and to continue to provide students with hot pizza that meets nutrition guidelines and tastes great. Learn how they used research and partnerships to develop Smart Slice.

Ideas & Resources

Bringing Teens to the Table: A Focus on Food Insecurity in America

This first-of-its kind study from Feeding America illuminates the effects of food insecurity on teens.

For Educators

How to Teach Innovation

Professor, author and maker John Spencer provdes teachers with a classroom toolbox and free resources to teach students how to utilize design-thinking principles.

For Educators

Design Thinking for School Leaders

AdvancingK12 offers up a project guide to help introduce students to design thinking.

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