“McDonalds
Project”
What:
To recognise that food
has an ecological
footprint.
Who:-
Group 4
Why:-
Carmen’s Tutor
Group/Life skills Group
Ian’s English Group
The Group:8 boys and 2 girls
6 Year 11s, 4 Year
10s
3 SLD, 6 ASD &
1 PMLD
2 LSAs
What we did
Brainstorm activity
Interactive game
Powerpoint presentation
Diamond ranking
McDonalds visit
Packaging exercise
Source sale
Food miles
Quiz/Menu choices
McDonalds website/videos
Diamond ranking
Africa, Freezer, Wetherspoons, Italy, India, Mexico
Spain, Ice Cream Van, Petrol Station, Japan,
Saudi Arabia, Waterfields, UK, Shops,
Frankie and Bennys, Domino’s Pizza, China,
Pizza Hut, Thailand, Honduras, KFC, USA, Tesco’s
Burger King, ASDA, Co-op, McDonalds, Morrisons
Farm Foods, Costco, Germany, Subway, France
Wales, Singapore, Costa Coffee, Safeway, Brazil,
Somerfield, South America, Wilkinsons, New York
Factories, Farmers, Farm Shops, Canada, Florida
Malaysia, California, San Francisco, Ibiza, Hawaii
Tahiti, Maldives, ALDI,LIDL
Greggs (Pasty in a bag)
What we did next:
Introduced the Project to the children
using a Power Point Presentation:
McDonald’s Project,
Making the Right
Choice.
Interactive game: Food Source
Children played a game
called Food Source in
which they had to guess
the places where food
came from in the world.
EXAMPLE:
Where do tomatoes come from?
Click on the country.
UK
Spain
USA
West Indies
South Africa
Argentina
New Zealand
Testing values and attitudes:
Diamond ranking:
Life Skills Trip: Visit to
McDonalds
Back in School: Children checked
what was in the bags and looked
at the packaging of their meals.
They were surprised to see how
much packaging one single meal
contained and how much rubbish
it had produced .
Thank God most of it was
recyclable!!!!!!
Food from source to sale
Food Miles,
what are they?
Food Miles (Interactive game)
Choose a food/drink to find how
far they have travelled
Add up menu total for food miles
of the meal
FOOD MILES GAME
Team member’s names:We chose the following menu and found out how many food
miles each had travelled.
Drink –
Main course –
Potatoes –
Vegetables –
Pudding –
Food miles travelled –
Menu choices
Tap water, Fizzy drink, Orange juice, Tea,
Coffee
Pizza, Shepherds pie, Cod in batter, Roast
Lamb (New Zealand), Roast Lamb (local)
Oven chips, Chips (from local potatoes),
Baked Potatoes (local), Roast potatoes
(frozen)
Broccoli, Sprouts, Carrots, Cauliflower,
Leeks, Baked beans
Strawberries (all year round), Strawberries
(local - summer only), Banana, Orange, Ice
cream (local), Sponge cake
Team member’s names -
What we have found out
1.How do we measure the distance our food
has travelled?
2.What do we call what our McDonalds meal is
wrapped in?
3.Is it better for the environment for us to buy
lamb from New Zealand or from Wales?
4.Which travels further coffee or tap water?
5. What words describe food that is grown near
to where we live?
McDonalds Website
Objective:To research where the
food comes from in a
McDonalds meal
Final Assessment :
Diamond Ranking
To see if the views of the pupils
had changed
To find this out we carried out
the diamond ranking exercise
again
Did the project have any impact
on children’s
perceptions/views/choices