Share Paper: Using the potato to develop an interdisciplinary and interactive online youth education program

  1. Martha Raidl, University of Idaho , United States
  2. Cassidy Hall, University of Idaho, United States
Tuesday, October 20 11:55 AM-12:15 PM Alii III

Abstract: An online youth education program was designed around potatoes, one of the most commonly consumed vegetables, especially by children. This interdisciplinary four-lesson potato curriculum covers youth education standards on nutrition, health, mathematics, science, history, geography, technology, engineering, and agriculture. We used a multimedia approach to stimulate and maintain youth interest in the lessons and best practices that are known to be effective in education as well as incorporate technology in the classroom. Best practices included using student surveys, games, virtual tours (grocery store and human body), career connections, current events, and video clips. Cloud-based technologies such as Google Maps, Padlet, ...