Ideas for Teaching

I worked awhile by myself this past Friday and it gave me an opportunity to be able to think more about my externship and how I would use the new knowledge I was learning to pass on to my studnets. Even though I am learning alot for myself, the purpose of this experience is for me to be able to think about how I would teach the science and the concepts of this externship to my students. I decided to focus on one area of the Iowa core each blog and along with discussing highlights of my day also including what I would use to teach students and connect it to the Iowa Core as well.
One of Iowa Core standards is 21st Century health literacy skills. This is an important standard for my externship because it deasl directly with health. The standard is as follows:
Demonstrate functional health literacy skills to obtain, interpret, understand and use basic health concepts to enhance personal, family, and community health.

I cant began to discuss all the ways that I could discuss functional health with students. This could range from using the webiste mypyramid.gov to help students learn about the food pyramid and a healthy lifestyle. There are also several interactive activities for students to use on this website. I could discuss with stundets what a dietitians job is and discuss with them all the ways that HyVee helps its customer by provide consultations, cooking classes and help groups for individuals suffering with food allergies. Studnes could also explore these differnt food allergies and present a menu of accepatble foods for people with food allergies. The possiblities are endless. I look forward to thinking of new and exciting lessons using the Iowa Core and my externships, Im really strating to see the connections!