WHAT IS FOOD?
Food is Discovery, is................
THE STARTING POINT OF OUR PROJECT WAS THE CURRENT MULTICULTURAL SOCIAL CONTEXT OUR STUDENTS CAN EXPERIENCE IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE.
IN OCTOBER 2015 THEY VISITED EXPO2015 AN ACTIVITY WHICH GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WORLDWIDE FOOD CULTURES AND EATING HABITS .THIS EXPERIENCE ENABLED US TO MAKE THEM THINK ABOUT FOOD THEMES SUCH AS : HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY FOOD - NUTRIENTS - DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - FOOD AND COLOURS - FOOD AND HEALTH - FOOD AND CULTURE - FOOD AND ECONOMY - FOOD AND CREATIVITY.
CONSEQUENTLY, WE USED CULTURE TO APPROACH SCIENTIFIC ISSUES RELATED TO FOOD. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED USING DIFFERENT TEACHING STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES BASED ON A LEARNER-CENTERED MODEL (web quest, flipped classroom) IN WHICH CLASS TIME EXPLORED TOPICS IN GREATER DEPTH AND CREATED MEANINGFUL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS ON LINE VIDEOS HAVE BEEN USED TO DELIVER CONTENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. HOWEVER. IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT A MULTI-LEVEL LEARNING PROCESS, THE LAST STEP OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO PRESENT THE SCIENTIFIC TOPICS USING FRONTAL LESSONS WITH TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES: SMART BOARD, TABLETS, PCs, INTERNET ASKING STUDENTS TO EXPLORE SOME ISSUES MORE ACCURATELY, AS A FOLLOW UP THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PRODUCE MULTIMEDIA REPORTS WHICH HAVE THE AIM TO SUM UP AND CONSOLIDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCES ABOUT FOOD.
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