Eat the Rainbow

Each days's lesson will focus on the benefits of eating a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. Students will learn the
health benefits of different colored fruits and vegetables to better understand how they help them to grow strong and healthy.   There will be 2 classes posted a week for 4 weeks in this Flex scheduled summer camp.

For each class I will post a live-to-tape enthusiastic lesson that is packed with information all about the day's theme.  The topics range from health and nutrition benefits, how to actually plant certain fruits and vegetables of that color, tips about how to shop at the grocery store of farmer's markets for the fruits and vegetables and fun ways to cook or snack on the healthy choices.  In addition to the videos with hands-on demonstrations and videos and graphics to help encourage the learning, students will be encouraged to keep a video, sketch or written journal about their rainbow eating choices during the summer camp.  Students can use the classroom message board or flip grid (an outside application I will set up as a private page for the group) to show the rainbow colors they encounter on their plates during mealtimes.  Students will also get a "Chopped"-like challenge each week to incorporate the colors they are learning about into a healthy meal option.

Students will have the opportunity to prepare foods like a Carrot Slaw with Pineapple, Apples and Almonds,  Red Pepper Octopus dish and so much more.  Students will learn now only how to grow lettuce for a salad but how a salad made of fruits and vegetables can help them fight off certain diseases.  Students will gain a full understanding and appreciation of how the variety of fruits and vegetables are grown in agriculture and will be invited to take a virtual quick trips to see them growing on farms too.  

This class is a mix of culinary, health and garden science with a huge dollop of fun!

Students will also interact with each other and myself by posting in the discussion boards and sharing pictures and videos of their rainbow inspired foods.   Feedback (and if requested, grades) will be given for all submitted items.