Hosted by SALL , contributed by iratxe.mentxaka on 11 January 2022
Project objectives:
- We will evaluate the foods and drinks eaten at breakfast, lunch and snack for 10 days.
- We will look for healthy alternatives that can come from our garden.
A project with a STEAM approach, which is worked on from different subjects and at various educational levels:
- Technology: Creation of a website and questionnaires for data collection.
- Mathematics 1st Baccalaureate: Analysis of statistical results.
- Physics and chemistry 3rd ESO: Search for information about the harm of sugar and pre-cooked dishes/preparations and search for healthy alternatives.
- Language of 1st Bachilleratox: Writing final reports.
- Art 2nd Baccalaureate: Making informative models for the exhibition and educational talks.
- Physics and Biology 3rd and 4th ESO: Prepare healthy menus for lunch with products from our greenhouse.
First stage of the project:
To find out about the eating habits of secondary and first-year secondary school pupils, analysing the amount of unhealthy carbohydrates (rapidly assimilated sugars) and the consequences for health.
Second stage of the project:
Offer healthy alternatives for the pupils that come from our usual suppliers, in addition to our own cultivation.
Third stage of the project:
Making these menus in the centre and then selling them at a symbolic price to raise funds and contribute to an NGO.
רקע
Jesus Maria School was clear from the beginning to approach the project from the point of view of nutrition, to tackle the problem from the composition of food, the caloric weight of food, etc., and also had a clear STEAM approach, creating a solution by putting into practice various instrumental skills such as the digital skill.
מטרה
Jesús Maria School has defined the following objectives for its project:
- Assess the amount of sugars taken in the breakfast and brunch and find the consequences in our body of high sugar level a diet
- Discover and elaborate healthy alternatives for their menus.
- Make our community known the results of our research and get them involved into the healthy alternatives elaboration process.
יצירה משותפת עם גורמי קהילה
Jesus María School took part in an event organised by the University of Deusto for schools and agents of the food sector. In this initial session Jesus Maria had only defined the general objective of working on the nutritional composition of food, however this open session of sharing ideas with agents helped them to specify the project and to identify collaborating agents for the following phases of the project.
The event attended nutritionists, pediatricians, prestigious chefs, sports nutritionists and the Basque food cluster, among others.
Jesús María school began his collaboration with a team of nutritionists at this session.
הטמעה
Jesús María school has designed the project according to the SALL project phases:
CO-CREATION:
- Reflection with students on their eating habits, the nutritional value of food, calories in diets, etc.
- Reflection on misconceptions about food.
- Definition of the project objectives.
EXPLORATION:
- Creative process to propose solutions to the problem from biology and technology.
- Definition of the solution: an investigation to analyse eating habits and the creation of an informative website with the results of the study and useful information for the community on healthy eating.
EXPERIMENTATION:
- Design of the online questionnaire to collect information about the food we eat.
- Ask expert nutritionists about specific nutritional questions.
- Registration of the food in a database and calculation of its energy value.
- Design of the website.
- Creation of resources for the website.
- Involve school canteen providers in the project.
- Propose healthy diets to the school canteen.
EVALUATION:
- To make an assessment of the data recorded on the nutritional value of the food we consume.
- Evaluate the usability and usefulness of the website with end users such as students from other courses and family members.
- Assess the impact of the solutions created and propose changes and improvements.
רפלקציה
The team of teachers at Jesús María has been very involved in the project since its begining. They have perfectly understood the methodology of living laboratories. The teachers' initial interest was in designing a STEAM project and now they are much more focused on designing STEAM projects but with a real impact on their community. They have observed that collaboration with local stakeholders makes students more empowered and motivated, which has a significant impact on their learning.
Futurel Plans
Jesús María team of teachers plans to start another project using the same methodology to work on aspects related to the ecological footprint and the route taken by the food we eat in our diet.