Walter, The type of lab notebook activity you describe could be extended beyond the cooking area. I can see students using this for all kinds of scientific investigations.
My two cents. Gerald On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel > <stefanie.no...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six > > months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating > > children about a healthier nutrition. > > In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with > > meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are > meant > > to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. > > The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance > > the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. > > > > We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short > > description of our first ideas: > > The game will be split in two parts: > > > > In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual > > environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to > > share these recipes with other children. > > The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by > the > > avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do > homework > > because he has not sufficient energy). > > > > So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you > have > > to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: > > > > The need of the different nutritional values, > > The nutritional value of the aliment > > In natural and organic state and > > after the preparation of the meal > > The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day > > The season and the weather > > The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of > the > > food) > > The health of the avatar/child > > The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food > > > > > > > > The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it > into > > a rough logic. > > > > > > > > So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. > > > > We appreciate all kinds of input! > > > > FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a > cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of > the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example, > changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water, > and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The > Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data > analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably > photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and > failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in > nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how > cooking impacts the foods we eat? > > regards. > > -walter > > > > > Stefanie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >
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