This Learning activity is part of application for the Microsoft Educator Network . It is oriented to research the connection between our nutrition and diseases of the blood circulation and digestive organs. Students explored how inadequate nutrition increases the diseases in their environment, of their friends, relatives, fellow citizens.

1. Healthy lifestyle vs.
Modern Lifestyle – Bacon
the Difference
Author: Darina Poljak

2. Introduction – food we love...
Conversation among seventh-class
students, about their favorite food,
healthy and unhealthy habits, is in
progress…
Students remember of video from
„Flipped Classsroom“ they watched at
biology class, about
Digestive system
- …and workshops…
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3. IDEAS:
Making the
survey about
health of their
families
 Objective:
explore relationship between
food we eat and
development of certain
diseases
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4. Expanding the survey to other citizens
& visiting the health food store
Students went to the health center
to survey people
They were interested in health food
store whose owner is mother of their
friend
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5. Biology class – circulatory system
 Teacher is talking about blood and blood vessels
 A film from „Flipped Classroom“
(Circulatory system)
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6. Lecture on Nutrition and
Disease in Healthcare Kovačica
 IDEA: going to the health
center and a short lecture
on nutrition and disease
(link to lecture )
 Visiting a specialist-internist,
Dr. Predrag
Vitomirov
(link to visit a doctor)
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7. Biology class: Analysis of visiting Health
center
 What have we learnt, discovered
and experienced
 What should we do now
 Division into four groups
 Division of tasks within the group
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8. Video conference via SKYPE
Idea of the survey – healthy food habits in
Belgrade school?
(link on video conference )
A new experience for both schools
Exchange of knowledge
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9. Conversation with Physical
Education Teacher
 The importance of stretching and warming up for the
human body
 The importance of diet and intake of quality food
 Athletes and exercise
 Water and its importance
 (link on P.E. teacher conversation )
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10. Windows Movie Maker
 Students in the digital cabinet were editing:
 materials captured by the camera,
 videos,
 tracks recorded by mobile phones
 Learn new things about Windows Movie Maker
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11. Group work at biology class in the
computer lab
 1st group - Pyramid of healthy nutrition
 2nd group - Pyramid of our (unhealthy) nutrition
 3rd group - Measuring the energy value of our food
 4th group - Healthy food recipes
 The "mild chaos" in the classroom arise wonderful works of students ...
 As part of the planned activity, one group of students goes to the school
kitchen and measure the food cooked that day
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14. Film made by students
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15. Analysis of the survey
 The data obtained
from the survey
provided
informations about
connections
between (im)proper
nutrition and
diseases among our
fellow citizens
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16. Further research with teacher
of civic society education
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17. Recipes
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18. Presentation of students’ research
- Press conference
 TV OK Kovačica journalists and broadcasters were invited for Press
conference
 After presentation of the film, they made interview with the
students
 Next day, TV OK broadcasted this interview on news in three
languages: Serbian, Slovak and Hungarian
( link to video in Serbian language )
 ( link to video in Slovak language )
 ( link to video in Hungarian language )
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19. Parents meeting
 Presentation and screening of „Healthy lifestyle vs. Modern
lifestyle – Bacon the Difference" for parents
 Parents were surprised by students who prepared variety of
delicacies made from specially selected ingredients for them
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20. Evaluation of parents about this way
of learning
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21. Students were active on Facebook,
YouTube, WordPress, Twitter, OneNote…
WordPress blog
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22. Conclusion
 It is important to take care about food we eat
 We raise awareness about the impact of food on diseases of the
heart and blood vessels
 Physical activity is very important in every age
 We are interested in certain occupations
 We learnt a lot of biology, connected knowledge and gained new
skills in computer science
 Optimism - and a smile on your face!
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Links :
„ Healthy lifestyle vs. Modern lifestyle –
Bacon the difference (Da li je zdravo jesti
slaninu?) – FILM
Skype video conference (thanks to Irina
Damnjanovic)
Listening to the lecture by a doctor
Teaching nutrition
Conversation with P.E. teacher
Press-conference news
Presentation on OneNote
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