This Learning activity is part of application for the Microsoft Educator Network .
It is oriented to research the connection between our nutrition and diseases of the blood circulation and digestive organs. Students explored how inadequate nutrition increases the diseases in their environment, of their friends, relatives, fellow citizens.
2. Introduction – food we love...
Conversation among seventh-class
students, about their favorite food,
healthy and unhealthy habits, is in
progress…
Students remember of video from
„Flipped Classsroom“ they watched at
biology class, about
Digestive system
- …and workshops…
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3. IDEAS:
Making the
survey about
health of their
families
Objective:
explore relationship between
food we eat and
development of certain
diseases
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4. Expanding the survey to other citizens
& visiting the health food store
Students went to the health center
to survey people
They were interested in health food
store whose owner is mother of their
friend
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5. Biology class – circulatory system
Teacher is talking about blood and blood vessels
A film from „Flipped Classroom“
(Circulatory system)
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6. Lecture on Nutrition and
Disease in Healthcare Kovačica
IDEA: going to the health
center and a short lecture
on nutrition and disease
(link to lecture )
Visiting a specialist-internist,
Dr. Predrag
Vitomirov
(link to visit a doctor)
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7. Biology class: Analysis of visiting Health
center
What have we learnt, discovered
and experienced
What should we do now
Division into four groups
Division of tasks within the group
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8. Video conference via SKYPE
Idea of the survey – healthy food habits in
Belgrade school?
(link on video conference )
A new experience for both schools
Exchange of knowledge
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9. Conversation with Physical
Education Teacher
The importance of stretching and warming up for the
human body
The importance of diet and intake of quality food
Athletes and exercise
Water and its importance
(link on P.E. teacher conversation )
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10. Windows Movie Maker
Students in the digital cabinet were editing:
materials captured by the camera,
videos,
tracks recorded by mobile phones
Learn new things about Windows Movie Maker
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11. Group work at biology class in the
computer lab
1st group - Pyramid of healthy nutrition
2nd group - Pyramid of our (unhealthy) nutrition
3rd group - Measuring the energy value of our food
4th group - Healthy food recipes
The "mild chaos" in the classroom arise wonderful works of students ...
As part of the planned activity, one group of students goes to the school
kitchen and measure the food cooked that day
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14. Film made by students
( link to the project ) 14
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15. Analysis of the survey
The data obtained
from the survey
provided
informations about
connections
between (im)proper
nutrition and
diseases among our
fellow citizens
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16. Further research with teacher
of civic society education
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18. Presentation of students’ research
- Press conference
TV OK Kovačica journalists and broadcasters were invited for Press
conference
After presentation of the film, they made interview with the
students
Next day, TV OK broadcasted this interview on news in three
languages: Serbian, Slovak and Hungarian
( link to video in Serbian language )
( link to video in Slovak language )
( link to video in Hungarian language )
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19. Parents meeting
Presentation and screening of „Healthy lifestyle vs. Modern
lifestyle – Bacon the Difference" for parents
Parents were surprised by students who prepared variety of
delicacies made from specially selected ingredients for them
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20. Evaluation of parents about this way
of learning
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21. Students were active on Facebook,
YouTube, WordPress, Twitter, OneNote…
WordPress blog
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22. Conclusion
It is important to take care about food we eat
We raise awareness about the impact of food on diseases of the
heart and blood vessels
Physical activity is very important in every age
We are interested in certain occupations
We learnt a lot of biology, connected knowledge and gained new
skills in computer science
Optimism - and a smile on your face!
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Links :
„ Healthy lifestyle vs. Modern lifestyle –
Bacon the difference (Da li je zdravo jesti
slaninu?) – FILM
Skype video conference (thanks to Irina
Damnjanovic)
Listening to the lecture by a doctor
Teaching nutrition
Conversation with P.E. teacher
Press-conference news
Presentation on OneNote
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