Teen Connections
8. Demonstrate the ability to select, store, prepare, and serve nutritious foods.
• Exhibiting safe and correct use of kitchen equipment
• Applying safety and sanitation procedures in food preparation
• Utilizing guidelines for table setting
Fooducate is an app that helps to eat healthy, track calories, macros, exercise, sleep, and hunger. It has personalized nutrition and ingredient analysis for thousands of foods. The app teaches you to eat for health. It is free and it can be used for all ages. It is compatible with iPhone and android devices. The app is credible because it has an advisory board and has been endorsed by many credible companies.
My Plate Tips is an app that illustrates the five food groups that are the building blocks for a healthy diet using a familiar image-a place setting for a meal. The app provides you with, easy-to-follow tips. It will surely help you develop good eating habits. It costs 99 cents and is helpful for all ages. It is compatible with iPhone and android devices. The app is credible because of the .gov at the end of the web address.
BAM! Dining Decisions is an app with a game that allows you to sort foods coming down a conveyor belt into three categories: Go, Slow, or Whoa. Earn points by putting foods into the correct category. It is free and applicable for ages 4 and up. It is compatible with iPhone and android devices. It was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Department of Health and Human Services.
I feel the BAM! Dining Decisions app if the best for my students because the game is more fun. They can work through levels and I think this app will keep them interested longer. It also has a game that teaches about diseases that a person can get from vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This also correlates with science objectives as well as Teen Connections.
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ReplyDeleteHey Angela. The sorting capability of the game in BAM! seems like it would be a great benefit in teaching young kids the differences in certain foods. While this area does not connect to my subject of teaching, I spent 9 weeks in an elementary class for my student teaching and the students were always so excited to do learning games. I also like that it has a higher learning outcome for older students with the vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Seems like this is a very versatile app!
ReplyDeleteAngela, I think Fooducate sounds like an awesome app. After reading your description, I honestly want to download it for myself. I think it's so important to teach students early on to make healthy choices and develop healthy habits. BAM! is also very cool. It's so hard to balance vitamins and nutrients within your diet, so making it fun for students will help them further develop those habits later on in life.
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