Sugar!

Blog Post #6­

With the successful beta test of my curriculum, I achieved my goal. I wanted the children to learn about the effects of excess sugar and they did. They learned facts about sugar, how it affects the body, what is bad about eating too much of it, and ways to reduce how much of it they eat.  They had fun with the curriculum and I hope that fun helps them remember the important facts they learned and reduces the amount of sugar they eat throughout their lives.

If I had another semester to work on this, I would develop a complementary curriculum for the parents. Parents buy their children’s food, so even if the children know about sugar, they may not have healthy food available. If the parents learn about sugar at the same time, they will be able to help improve the kids’ eating habits. The best time for a parental sugar class would be during pregnancy. This way, the parents, who want the best for their children, will be able to start building healthy eating habits from the start.

I have learned a lot through the 20 Time project. I learned how to conduct research and compile the information gathered. This is a valuable tool that I will use in college. The information I learned about sugar also helped my family and me improve our diets. This will help my health throughout my life and enable me to provide advice to others.

I believe my Ted Talk was a success. I conveyed what I had learned from my research and described the curriculum. Preparing for and talking in front of the class was also a valuable experience and I believe it went well.  One way I prepared was to turn on our TV, mute it, and then practice my presentation while watching. This helped me get used to visual distractions in the audience and was a great way to determine how well I knew the content.  Overall, 20 Time has been a great experience!