Date of Last Revision
2023-05-02 18:49:18
Major
Dietetics - Coordinated Program
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2016
Abstract
Completing this senior honors project afforded the opportunity to develop activities around the topics of basic gardening skills, cooking skills, and the importance of quality nutrition for the students from the Center for Child Development Day Camp. Seven lesson plans were developed in collaboration with Mrs. Kathy Schupp, the director of the Nutrition Center. At the beginning of summer, discussion took place regarding the types of nutrition information that could be learned from working in the Schrank Hall South teaching garden. The Great Garden Detective Adventure was used as a resource in planning lessons for the students. This book was made by the United States Department of Agriculture and is used as “a standards-based gardening nutrition curriculum for grades three and four.”1 The Great Garden Detective Adventure contains eleven lessons from which lessons for this project were based. Lessons were created as a hybrid education model, including learning in the classroom, kitchen, and garden. Data collected following each lesson showed improvement in nutrition knowledge.
Research Sponsor
Kathy Schupp
First Reader
Christin Seher
Second Reader
Michelle Boltz
Recommended Citation
Jacobs, Emily J., "Getting Back to Our Roots" (2016). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 239.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/239