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

项目摘要/摘要 学生与科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)科目相关时，这些科目与真实- 生活经历。学校午餐可以成为这种联系。国家学校午餐计划(NSLP)，最初构思 作为一项减贫计划，有潜力变得更多。通过NSLP提供的食物使 在约3000万名学生的饮食中占了很大一部分。研究表明，校餐是最健康的 这是美国许多孩子的一天中的一餐。然而，NSLP和学者们从来没有 集成的。在午餐时创造提升营养、文化和健康的资源(午餐) 通过将STEM与学校午餐的真实世界和相关体验联系起来，建立了这种联系。酥脆系列 午餐将在多样化的城市小学适龄人口(约15,840名学生)中进行评估。这个 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 TO：提高对STEM的早期兴趣，提高食物素养，增加学校午餐消费。这是众所周知的 循证营养教育使小学生能够提高食物素养，这 带来更好的健康结果。还有一点是众所周知的，科学教育是有关联性和文化性的 相关增加了对STEM的兴趣。在幼儿中培养STEM兴趣增加了患上 学生随着年龄的增长保持他们的兴趣，从而潜在地增加了学生的渠道 进入STEM职业生涯。目前尚不清楚的是，是否为小学提供专业发展 学校教师将STEM学习与所需的科学单元联系起来，并为教师提供访问 将学校午餐与STEM相结合的课程资源将得到改善：学生对STEM的兴趣、食物知识、 和学校午餐的消费。 具体目标是，目标1：创建紧凑的午餐教师研讨会。这些专业人士 发展研讨会(面授或通过视频会议)使教师能够结合探究- 以STEM为基础的循证营养教育，提高他们对STEM的态度和信心 主干和将教育与学校午餐联系起来。目标2：创建紧凑午餐资源中心(Web- 基于)。这个强大而全面的专业发展资源中心为教师提供 持续支持应用他们在研讨会中学到的知识(目标1)，以增加学生的STEM和食物- 相关态度、STEM和食物素养，以及学生对学校午餐的消费。拟议中的项目 它具有创新性，因为它将是第一个系统地将NSLP与STEM学术界联系起来的机构。在 在完成建议的研究后，我们会量度(I)学生对STEM的兴趣是否增加， 改善食物和STEM知识，增加学校用餐的消费；以及，(2)教师是否 改善了将STEM与学校午餐联系起来的态度和信心。

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.