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Professional Development Workshops
- April 19, 2007
(33 ES teachers present)
To empower each participant to promote and implement healthy eating and physical activity in his/her classroom to promote the consumption of more fruits and vegetables
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Participants:
- learn indoor and outdoor strategies & techniques for planting edible plants from seeds to soup and salad
- gain knowledge of garden-based nutrition education curricular resources
- review standards of science-based nutrition education and garden physical activity.
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Plant Part Art: Healthy Snack Tasting and Harvest of the Month Sampling
- If you grow it, you will eat!
Plant Part Art
 
Harvest of the Month Sampling
Asparagus
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Why are nutrition, physical activity and gardening important?
 
Elementary School Teachers are using their senses to explore dirt. Proper nutrition begins with nutrient dense soil. Teachers learn to tell if the soil is rich in vitamins and minerals by touching, smelling and seeing if the earth is fertile.
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Tips for Planting Vegetables in San Francisco
 
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Composting Our Inedible Part Plants (i.e., apple cores)
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I APPRECIATED…
- “The … hands-on experience.”
- “All the materials and the enthusiastic presenters.”
- “Well prepared, enthusiastic presenters.”
- The “Breakout-different appearances of fruits and vegetables. I really like the Kinder specific breakout session.”
- “The compost lesson and information.”
- “The Great Demos!! Worms, planting, nutrition lessons; worm box.”
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Garden-Based Nutrition Education and Physical Activity
Break-Out Groups:
- Grade K - "From Farm to Fork"
 
- Grades 1-2 - "Roots Wonderful Roots"
using "The Growing Classroom – The Roots of Food"
 
- Grades 3-5 - "Science Experiments"
using "The Growing Classroom– Bananas, Carbohydrate and Peas, Oh My!"
 
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