Learning with food
One of the ideas I had was make students use baking goods to learn anatomy. The students really enjoyed the activity.
Sonja, this is an astute observation I had not thought of.
Michele Deck
Alice, I agree! People love to eat.
Michele Deck
Food is always a positive way to learn!
My students love to eat also! It helps them remember shapes and colors in anatomy and physiology.
Rhonda, seeing the relevance to a topic is critical for the learners.
Michele Deck
The best thing about it was the fact that they were interested in the topic and it didn't feel like work to them. It was real life situations that they could all relate to.
Rhonda, I really like that you asked them to think about clinical/dietary changes based on condition- this is teaching critical thinking.
Michele Deck
When I taught Nutrition classes we used food and the students learned and enjoyed the food afterwards. I had them create healthy menus and discuss the recipe with the class as well as alternatives to some of the ingredients depending on the health of the patient (such as a heart patient or a diabetic etc.)
We do this also in Microbiology, we encourage students to make their projects with food, it is always fun and then the class can enjoy a snack afterwards (if its edible)
Victoria, people like food, eating can be a happy event. Utilizing some part of that pleasure in class is a good idea.
Michele Deck
I thought the idea of learning with food is a good idea and a great way for students to learn.
In dialysis I found this idea to be great since there is many foods that dialysis patients are not to eat.
This will definitely be a hit with my students. They love visual lessons and if they get the answer right..they can "eat" the results!
We use food for an nutrition class and students really enjoy that class
Loretta, this is a combination of two good things: food and content driven activities.
Michele Deck
I really like the idea of using food for shapes, etc. in anatomy. No matter how old the student is, they love to eat! And, because they actually assemble it themselves, they are more likely to remember the parts of the anatomy.
