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An expert in dietetics

Preparation

Arrange visit from dietician; meet the expert in advance to match expectations and pass on the student’s questions (prepared in LU1 & LU2).

Goals, messages & concepts

Specific goals

  • Learn about a STEM related profession.
  • Gather expert-based information on the importance of nutrition.
  • Learn about the connection between nutrition and wellbeing.

Specific messages

  • Everyone needs good nutrition for a healthy and enjoyable life.
  • What we eat has immediate and long-term effects on our minds and bodies.

Main terms

  • mental health
  • physical health
  • nutrition

Practices & skills

STEM practices

  • Engaging in argument from evidence
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
  • Asking questions and defining problems

Soft skills

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Management skills

  • Use of resources

Course of activity

step 1

Presentation from the expert about the need for good nutrition for a healthy and enjoyable life. During the session students will learn about the importance of individual health and nutritional needs to help them with a healthy lifestyle and improving mental concentration.

  • Introduction of the expert
  • What does a dietician do as a profession 
  • Food and the immediate and long-term effect on our mind and body
  • Nutritional needs to help with a healthy lifestyle
  • What does your body need to thrive in daily activities (learning in school, being active in sports, hobby’s etc.)
  • What does a  balanced diet include
  • What does an expert recommend for snacking(habits)

step 2

Students will then present their findings about snack habits around the world and misleading packing to the dietician.

step 3

The dietician will respond to students’ questions prepared during the previous Learning Units.

step 4

Expert and students will then discuss how what they have learned today may impact the way they snack in the future.