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MO' BETTA BRUSCHETTA
(QuickPlan developed by Carla Beltramini, Trieste, Italy)
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OVERVIEW: In the book YOKO, Yoko's classmates make fun of her because her food is different from the other kids.In an attempt to help her, her teacher announces that there will be an international food day. Everyone has to bring a dish from their country, and everyone will have to try everything. After listening to the story, the children will create their own bruschettas and write a paragraph to convince their classmates to try their food.
BOOKLINK: YOKO by Rosemary Wells, Scholastic, 1999. ISBN 0-439-19472-6
SCIENCE ACTIVITY LINK: Teams of 2 to 4 children or individuals will work to create a nutritious, creative and eye appealing bruschetta based on the food groups. They will also prepare a paragraph to convince their classmates that their Bruschetta is worth trying.
OBJECTIVE: Children will design, construct and market a Bruschetta for their classmates. They must keep in mind the food groups. For the first one they make they will have to work as a team and follow instructions regarding ingredients and assembly and for the second, they'll have to design their own.
SCIENCE PROCESSES AND CONTENT: Processes-measuring, observing, communicating, model building Content-food groups, nutrition, food pyramid
NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS: Unifying Concepts and Processes, (1) Science as Inquiry, (5) Science and Technology, (6) Science in Personal and Social Perspectives, (8) Science as a Human Endeavor
MATERIALS: Book YOKO, a loaf of sliced Italian or French bread. Bowls of chopped tomatoes, chopped olives, grated or chopped cheese, a few cheese spreads, sliced hard boiled eggs, some chopped ham, a small bowl of origano and a small bowl of olive oil (with a small spoon they can drizzle a bit on to the bruschetta) black pepper and optional crushed chili peppers.
Throw away paper or plastic bowls and plates, spoons and knives for the ingredients.
A "recipe" which would be a list of ingredients and a procedure for assembling the Bruschetta
PROCEDURE:
1. Begin by reading the book and discussing how and why Yoko's teacher tried to help her.
2. Talk about how difficult it must be to be living in a country where the food is different. If you are in an international school there will be lots to talk about!
3. Discuss what they already know about the food groups (I did this after a unit on nutrition)
4. Next suggest that they try to make something to eat (a bruschetta) keeping in mind the food groups.
5. Have the table already set up with the ingredients in bowls. Also have a stack of plastic plates at one end so that they can help themselves to ingredients they need.
6. Give each group or indivdual a set of instructions for making a bruschetta or let them make up their own. I had them follow instructions for the first one and put it together as a team then let them make up their own for the second one.
7. Let the children go up as a group to collect what they need from the food table--it would take to long to let them go up one at a time!
8. Back at their tables they can assemble their Bruschetta, invent a name for it, and then write a few lines to convince their classmates to try their Bruschetta.
9. I had the children make up their own Bruschettas with the leftover ingredients. The results were creative.
10. Allow time for each group to present their Bruschetta. The kids all wanted to eat their own and a few were willing to share. Recipes were exchanged with promises to always at least try new food.
SAFETY: Before you handle food remember to tie your hair back, wash your hands, and not lick your fingers!
RELATED BOOKS:
Bread and Jam for Francis by Russel Hoban, Scholastic, 1964. ISBN 0-06-443096-0
DW the Picky Eater by Marc Brown, Little Brown and Co., 1997. ISBN 0316110485
Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1980. ISBN 0-02-782250-8
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