Creating Resources Uplifting Nutrition, Culture, and Health at Lunch (CRUNCH Lunch)

在午餐时创造提升营养、文化和健康的资源（CRUNCH 午餐）

• 批准号: 10664113
• 负责人: Pamela Ann Koch
• 金额: $ 26.99万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2028-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10664113
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Students relate to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects when they are linked to real- life experiences. School lunch can be that link. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP), initially conceived as a poverty reduction program, has the potential to be so much more. Meals served through the NSLP make up a large portion of the diets of ~30 million students. Research shows that school meals are the healthiest meals of the day for many children in the United States. Yet, the NSLP and academics have never been integrated. Creating Resources Uplifting Nutrition, Culture, and Health at Lunch (CRUNCH Lunch) makes this connection by linking STEM with the real-world and relatable experience of school lunch. CRUNCH Lunch will be evaluated in a diverse and urban elementary school-aged population (~15,840 students). The long-term goal of the proposed study is to bring STEM to students in a relatable and culturally relevant way to: increase early interest in STEM, improve food literacy, and increase school lunch consumption. It is known that evidence-based nutrition education enables elementary school students to improve food literacy, which leads to improved health outcomes. It is also known that science education that is relatable and culturally relevant increases interest in STEM. Creating STEM interest among young children increases the likelihood of students maintaining their interest as they get older, thus potentially increasing the pipeline of students entering STEM careers. What is not known is whether providing professional development to elementary school teachers to deliver connect STEM learning to required science units, and providing teachers access to curricular resources to integrate school lunch with STEM will improve: students’ interest in STEM, food literacy, and consumption of school lunch. The specific aims are, Aim 1: Create CRUNCH Lunch Teacher Workshops. These professional development workshops (delivered in person or via video conferencing) empower teachers to combine inquiry- based STEM education with evidence-based nutrition education, to improve their attitudes and confidence in STEM and in connecting education to school lunch. Aim 2: Create a CRUNCH Lunch Resource Hub (web- based). This robust and comprehensive professional development Resource Hub provides teachers with ongoing support to apply what they learned in the workshops (Aim 1) to increase students’ STEM and food- related attitudes, STEM and food literacy, and students’ consumption of school lunch. The proposed project is innovative because it will be the first to systematically link the NSLP to STEM academics. At the completion of the proposed study, we will measure (i) whether students have increased interest in STEM, improved food and STEM literacy, and increased consumption of school meals; and, (ii) whether teachers have improved attitudes and confidence in connecting STEM to school lunch.

项目总结/摘要 当学生与真实的联系在一起时，他们就会与科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科联系起来- 人生经历学校的午餐可以是这样的链接。国家学校午餐计划（NSLP），最初设想 作为一个减贫项目，有潜力做得更多。通过NSLP提供的膳食 占了大约3000万学生饮食的很大一部分。研究表明，学校餐是最健康的。 在美国，许多孩子的一天的膳食。然而，NSLP和学术界从来没有 整合创造资源提升营养，文化，午餐健康（CRUNCH午餐） 通过将STEM与现实世界和相关的学校午餐体验联系起来，建立了这种联系。紧缩 午餐将在多样化的城市小学学龄人口（约15 840名学生）中进行评估。的 拟议研究的长期目标是以一种相关和文化相关的方式将STEM带给学生 提高对STEM的早期兴趣，提高食品素养，增加学校午餐消费。已知 以证据为基础的营养教育使小学生能够提高食物素养， 从而改善健康状况。众所周知，具有相关性和文化性的科学教育 相关增加对STEM的兴趣。在幼儿中培养STEM兴趣会增加 学生保持他们的兴趣，因为他们长大了，从而潜在地增加了学生的管道 进入STEM职业。目前尚不清楚的是，是否为小学生提供职业发展机会， 学校教师提供连接STEM学习所需的科学单位，并为教师提供访问 将学校午餐与STEM相结合的课程资源将提高：学生对STEM的兴趣，食品扫盲， 和学校午餐的消费。 具体目标是，目标1：创建CRUNCH午餐教师研讨会。这些专业 发展讲习班（亲自或通过视频会议授课）使教师能够将联合收割机的探究- 基于STEM的教育与基于证据的营养教育，以改善他们的态度和信心， STEM和将教育与学校午餐联系起来。目标2：创建CRUNCH午餐资源中心（网络- 基于）。这个强大而全面的专业发展资源中心为教师提供 持续的支持，以应用他们在研讨会上学到的东西（目标1），以增加学生的STEM和食物- 相关的态度，STEM和食品扫盲，以及学生的学校午餐消费。拟建项目 是创新的，因为它将是第一个系统地将NSLP与STEM学者联系起来的。在 在建议的研究完成后，我们会衡量（i）学生对STEM的兴趣有否增加， 改善食品和STEM扫盲，增加学校膳食消费;以及，（ii）教师是否 改善了将STEM与学校午餐联系起来的态度和信心。