HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Questions:
What are jobs in this field? What does this cover other than eating right and exercising? Why is it important to know about health and nutrition? How do health and nutrition relate to each other? What qualifies someone to have proper health and nutrition? How does health and nutrition impact a person's life? Does good health and nutrition vary from person to person? What are good health and nutrition practices? |
A Trip Outside the Classroom
Bailey and I are both investigating health and nutrition, so we decided to take a trip to the grocery store and look at the different labels on packaging of different foods. We did this to prepare for a presentation on organic foods and GMOs that we did at the middle school for two eighth grade classes. At the grocery store we found that foods with the GMO and organic labels tended to be more expensive, but that they were also often healthier.
The presentation:
The presentation lasted about a half hour and included a taste test with a quick question and answer. It was a great experience to go back to where we learned and be on the other side of the learning process. In the presentation we gave the students a regular Oreo, and an organic cookies and cream cookie to see if they could taste the difference. Most students were able to tell the difference, and that they didn't taste "bad", just different. We hope to return to the middle school to do more presentations, as it was great to research a topic, make a presentation on it, and teach the younger kids what we learned.