Mission Statement
FoodLab provides elementary school students with hands-on experiences
designed to develop the awareness and self-efficacy needed to improve and
maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Goals
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Improve dietary patterns by developing students’ palates and their ability to differentiate between nutrient-dense and energy-dense foods.
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Reduce dietary vitamin and mineral deficiencies and promote healthful, balanced eating habits.
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Increase food literacy among students and their families by developing awareness of food sources, science, and preparation.
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Model approaches and behaviors that influence students and their families to adopt healthier eating habits and lifestyle patterns through investigation,discovery, and experimentation with food.
Objectives
Objective Statement Type
All students spend at least 20 minutes of Process
each school day recording their reactions to
tasting a seasonal food (at TASTE station),
preparing a healthy snack (at COOK station),
or performing a food science experiment (at
LAB station) in the classroom.
Students identify and describe at least one Impact (knowledge)
new food each week in the classroom, the
garden, and the cafeteria.
Students plant, observe, and predict how Impact (environment)
certain foods grow, and how they are
harvested in the school garden.
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Students differentiate among the six flavors, Impact (behavior)
distinguishing how food tastes, identifying
their preferences in the classroom, cafeteria,
and at home.
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Students prepare and eat a fresh, balanced, Outcome
nutrient-dense snack at the COOK station in
the classroom 1 to 2 days each week.