22 Kids Cooking
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Want to see our cooking show? Choose an episode and TAKE A LOOK!
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This quarter we are working on our project called Food For Thought. In this project, our learning is centered around the questions, “What is healthy food?”, “What does the word healthy mean?”, and “How can we help kids in our school eat healthy?”. Students will learn the food groups and what it means to eat healthy. We will read numerous articles from newspapers and magazines about people and businesses in the community that are making changes to encourage healthy lifestyles. We will use non fiction text to help in our research. We will also use data collection techniques to see how many kids are eating fruits and vegetables with their snack and lunch. This information will be put into graphs and be used as we brainstorm how we can help other kids in our school eat healthy. To help us reach this goal, we will make multiple healthy snacks as a class, and write our own recipes to share with students in our school. Throughout this project, students will will have opportunities to conduct interviews, create, critique, and revise written work, learn from experts in the culinary field, and participate in various forms of fieldwork.
We had a great time at the beginning on our project researching the various parts of the food pyramid in expert groups! Students each chose a group to research (grains, dairy, protein, fruits, vegetables). Using various articles, students came up with the suggested serving size and important benefits of their food group. We then used newspaper grocery ads to fill in our classroom food pyramid! It looks great!
Data Collection
As we learn about healthy foods, we started noticing at snack and lunch time that kids at our school were not making healthy choices. In order to prove this theory, we began collection data form our class and school. In this collection, we tallied students K-5 who ate a fruit or vegetable as part of their snack for a week. We have also kept track of our own class snack habits for a few weeks. We are using this data to create bar graphs that display our findings in an easy to read format.
Upon creating these graphs one thing is abundantly clear! Kids that DO choose fresh produce as a snack are consistently avoiding vegetables and choosing fruit in it's place. These findings will be used as we tackle a new question, "How can we help kids at school eat healthier?" .
Critique and Multiple Drafts in Heathy Recipes
After interview Kindergarten Buddies to find their favorite vegetables and favorite things, the students wrote a recipe for a fun, healthy snack. We used peer and teacher critique to make each draft better until we typed our final draft with help from our 11th Grade Buddies. We used these final drafts to record a how to cooking show titled, "22 Kids Cooking." We can't wait to show you the finished product at exhibition. I will post the videos here when we are finished.
Class Garden
We know that healthy food is food that comes mostly from nature. As part of this study, we have begun a class garden. Our students check on the garden daily and make observations as we tend to our plants. Currently we are growing snap peas, strawberries, mint, and an edible flower called nasturtium. As a class we make trips to the garden to water and check on our plants.
We had a great time at the beginning on our project researching the various parts of the food pyramid in expert groups! Students each chose a group to research (grains, dairy, protein, fruits, vegetables). Using various articles, students came up with the suggested serving size and important benefits of their food group. We then used newspaper grocery ads to fill in our classroom food pyramid! It looks great!
Data Collection
As we learn about healthy foods, we started noticing at snack and lunch time that kids at our school were not making healthy choices. In order to prove this theory, we began collection data form our class and school. In this collection, we tallied students K-5 who ate a fruit or vegetable as part of their snack for a week. We have also kept track of our own class snack habits for a few weeks. We are using this data to create bar graphs that display our findings in an easy to read format.
Upon creating these graphs one thing is abundantly clear! Kids that DO choose fresh produce as a snack are consistently avoiding vegetables and choosing fruit in it's place. These findings will be used as we tackle a new question, "How can we help kids at school eat healthier?" .
Critique and Multiple Drafts in Heathy Recipes
After interview Kindergarten Buddies to find their favorite vegetables and favorite things, the students wrote a recipe for a fun, healthy snack. We used peer and teacher critique to make each draft better until we typed our final draft with help from our 11th Grade Buddies. We used these final drafts to record a how to cooking show titled, "22 Kids Cooking." We can't wait to show you the finished product at exhibition. I will post the videos here when we are finished.
Class Garden
We know that healthy food is food that comes mostly from nature. As part of this study, we have begun a class garden. Our students check on the garden daily and make observations as we tend to our plants. Currently we are growing snap peas, strawberries, mint, and an edible flower called nasturtium. As a class we make trips to the garden to water and check on our plants.
Field Work Opportunities
1.) Students conducted research at the Oceanside Farmer's Market on what produce is in season and where local farms are located. We also tasted many different fresh fruits and vegetables that the various farm stands were selling. There is more information in my blog post about our trip.
2.) Students went to the North County Food Bank's Community Garden. We learned about their passion and mission to bring healthy, whole, and natural foods to people that wouldn't otherwise have access to it. We spent time weeding, and transporting compost to help prepare the garden for the next harvest. All the food we were helping to grow goes to 6 local preschools and used for snacks and meals. The garden is located in the middle of a "food desert," where fresh produce isn't readily available within a mile.
Exhibition
Exhibition was fantastic! Students have officially become experts on healthy eating. We broke up into groups to tell parents and the community about our new knowledge and the process we went through during this project!
Exhibition was fantastic! Students have officially become experts on healthy eating. We broke up into groups to tell parents and the community about our new knowledge and the process we went through during this project!