Mr Bean, Mrs Lentil and their tiny peas celebrating the International Year of Pulses 2016
Mr Bean, Mrs Lentil and their tiny peas celebrating the International Year of Pulses 2016 project aims to heighten students awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production through various activities
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About the project
Mr Bean, Mrs Lentil and their tiny peas celebrating the
International Year of Pulses 2016 project aims to heighten students
awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable
food production through various activities
Le projet M
Bean, Mme Lentille et leurs petits pois célèbrent l’Année Internationale
des Légumineuses 2016 vise à sensibiliser les élèves aux avantages
nutritionnels des légumineuses dans le cadre d’une production vivrière
durable
Il progetto Mr. Bean, la signora Lens e piselli
celebrare l'Anno Internazionale dei legumi 2016 ha lo scopo di
sensibilizzare gli studenti sui benefici nutrizionali dei legumi nel
contesto di una produzione di cibo sostenibile attraverso diverse
attività
Το πρόγραμμα Ο κύριος Φασίολος, η κυρία Φακή και
τα μικρά μπιζέλια τους γιορτάζουν το Διεθνές Έτος Οσπρίων 2016 έχει ως
στόχο μέσω ποικίλων δραστηριοτήτων να αφυπνίσει τους μαθητές για τα τη
διατροφική αξία των οσπρίων ως μέρος αειφόρου παραγωγής
Aims
1.What are pulses?
Create a class display, characterising plant crops through nutritional value
2.Growing pulses
Understand how nutrients are passed from the soil to the plant through its root system
Understand nitrogen-fixing as a concept
Learn about symbiosis through the role of rhizobia
3.Health and Nutrition
Recognise the role different foods play in a balanced diet, and the effects on health of an unbalanced diet
Explore ways in which we can design balanced meals from different food types
4.Cooking with pulses
Plan the steps required to create a pulse-based meal or snack
Prepare, and eat a pulse-based meal or snack
Promote the benefits of their chosen meal
5 Pulses around the world
Compare diets around the world and throughout history
Develop the understanding of how different pulses are used in different dishes around the world
Consider how different countries/cultures use pulses to meet their dietary
Work process
The project is multilingual and transdisciplinar (experimental sciences, plastic arts, music, drama)
It can be accomplished in extracurricular club (environmental, cultural)
Non eTwinning schools over the world can be invited
The schools are free to join the project at any time and start any of the 5 activities (in a school or international team)
The project ends in june 2017
1.What are pulses ?
Classification : FAO recognizes 11 primary pulses also known as grain legumes
2.Growing pulses
To
introduce agriculture as a managed system that has environmental
impacts, and how farmers employ practices such as growing pulses to
minimize these impacts
3 Health and Nutrition
To introduce the role of pulses in relation to maintaining a balanced diet
4.Cooking with pulses
To prepare a nutritionally balanced meal with pulses
5 Pulses around the world
To explore cultural contexts of pulses throughout history and in modern time
Expected results
Public Twinspace
eBooks
