Session Format
Presentation Session (20 minutes)
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Location
Room 2903
Abstract for the conference program
Food and cooking have been a central theme in several courses developed recently at the University of West Georgia. In this presentation, the nature of the content and learning outcomes of these courses will be presented. A unique multi-tiered approach will be offered to show how this theme can be effectively used to engage audiences of all ages and capabilities to use the scientific method. Sample activities will show how to engage the young novice elementary student to explore introductory science concepts in a fun environment and challenge the college science major to design an effective experimental design to answer an open-ended research question.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project
Proposal Track
T1: Teaching and Learning in the STEM Field
Start Date
3-7-2014 11:30 AM
End Date
3-7-2014 11:50 AM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Basu-Dutt, Sharmistha and Geisler, Victoria, "Food, Cooking and Nutrition-Engaging a Wide Audience to Explore Inter-Disciplinary Science Topics" (2014). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 21.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2014/2014/21
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Nutrition Commons, Other Education Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Food, Cooking and Nutrition-Engaging a Wide Audience to Explore Inter-Disciplinary Science Topics
Room 2903
Food and cooking have been a central theme in several courses developed recently at the University of West Georgia. In this presentation, the nature of the content and learning outcomes of these courses will be presented. A unique multi-tiered approach will be offered to show how this theme can be effectively used to engage audiences of all ages and capabilities to use the scientific method. Sample activities will show how to engage the young novice elementary student to explore introductory science concepts in a fun environment and challenge the college science major to design an effective experimental design to answer an open-ended research question.
