Food products in my region

Problem
Students disconnected with local food products
The solution
Research about local food products (per region)
The prototype
Map of the country with local food products/region
The societal actors
Nutritionist; Food sellers in local open markets; School community

Hosted by SALL , contributed by katerinar on 18 October 2023

The students get to know experientially through the field study the food products of their place, interacting with the local and wider community.

In particular, they collect information from experts on both olive cultivation and the honey production process.

Teacher: katerinar
Dob učenika
10-11
12-13
14-15
Sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, topical science, etc)
Projektna tema

Ask your students if they know the Mediterranean diet, its principles and the MD pyramid.

Discuss with the students if they are aware of the impact to the health of the Mediterranean diet, as well as, to the environment.

To identify the Mediterranean diet
• To discuss the benefits of Mediterranean diet
• Familiarity with the local food products of the area

Take your students to a local organization that develop activities about Mediterranean diet or a nutritionist that are familiar with the Mediterranean diet.

sk the students to interview the representative of the organisation/ nutritionist about the characteristics of the Mediterranean diet. Use a registration form.

Back to the classroom, ask students to discuss the findings based on the visit and/or interview.

Use the discussion findings to organize a meeting with the school canteen catering and the nutritionist to organize a shared lunch. 

Experiential field study and information gathering about local food products.

A prototype for this solution can be Construction of a model showing the map of the country in which students write down different local products and stick pictures of them

Help students prepare a healthy and Mediterranean fest in the school and present the map with local products/region collected and/or drawn on the map to the audience, asking for feedback
 

Potential extension: also  to link with digital literacy:   use of educational robotics in which the bee takes the route to honey production (students use the Makey Makey-Standard Kit and construct an improvised model showing production method of the local food product of their choice, program floor robotic systems such as mTiny, Bee bot, Kids First Coding, Botley, Edison).