Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France
To whom it might concern I would very much appreciate your help in gathering a list of the globally most important kitchen equipment and utensils as my knowledge here is limited to German cooking costumes and standards. For your information: in the activity there is a virtual kitchen where the child gets to chose the utensil/tool and the product. Every utensil has his parameters. If for example the child choses a pan for frying his meat, the parameters of the pan are time and temperature. As soon as the child has chosen at least one product and the utensil/tool and has set the parameters, the step will be written in the cookbook. Because I suppose, that the meals they prepare won’t be that complex and difficult, I will limit the choice (at the beginning). So first of all I need utensils, which have an impact on the texture. If anything comes to your mind and you want to add anything let me know, and thanks you four support. Here some examples: - pot for cooking (time, temperature) - pan for frying (time, temperature) - cutting board (slice, pieces) - bowl for mixing (spoon, eggbeater) - mixer/blender (smooth, coarse) - oven (time, temperature) - cake tin (round, square, small tin, big tin) - rolling pin (how many pieces) - rasp (big, medium, small pieces) 2011/4/23 moku...@earthtreasury.org On Fri, April 22, 2011 5:00 am, Stefanie Nobel wrote: Hi Walter, That’s an interesting point. At the beginning I also had something more like an experimental cook studio in mind. During my research I found some funny things, like making an own pH indicator with red cabbage, a natural pH indicator that changes colors according to the acidity of the solution you’re mixing with. For example when you fry your egg with a little red cabbage juice the egg becomes green. I found several other good, but for the moment I am not sure how to include it in our game. But concerning your question I can only offer a database with prepared aliments and their nutritional values. As far as I know, there is no rule of thumb how cooking impacts food. The impact depends on the aliment. I am currently looking for more information on this topic, so when I find anything I will let you know. There are several books on the subject from varying points of view and for different audiences. Examples include * Let's Cook It Right (1988), by Adelle Davis * Science Experiments You Can Eat: Revised Edition (1984), by Vicki Cobb and David Cain * Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself (May 1, 2008) by Cynthia Light Brown and Blair Shedd * Kitchen Chemistry - Paperback (July 1, 2005) by Ted Lister and Heston Blumenthal * What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained (May 17, 2002) by Robert L. Wolke * The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: a Book About Kitchen Chemistry and The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: a Book About How Living Things Grow (2-volume set) (PBS Magic School Bus) - Paperback (1994) by Patricia Relf Linda Beech and John Spiers Ted Enik * On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee * Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter * Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman * The Science Chef: 100 Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids by Joan D'Amico * The Science Chef Travels Around the World: Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids, by Joan D'Amico, Karen E. Drummond * The Science of Cooking - Hardcover (June 8, 2001) by Peter Barham * Food Science (Food Science Text Series) by Norman N. Potter and Joseph H. Hotchkiss (1999) * Essentials of Food Science (Food Science Text Series) by Vickie A. Vaclavik and Elizabeth W. Christian (Paperback - Nov 30, 2007) * Food Chemistry by H.-D. Belitz, Werner Grosch and Peter Schieberle (Paperback - Feb 27, 2009) * The Science of Good Food: The Ultimate Reference on How Cooking Works by David Joachim, Andrew Schloss and A. Philip Handel Ph.D. (Paperback - Oct 10, 2008) * Understanding Food Science and Technology (with InfoTrac) by Peter S. Murano (Hardcover - Sep 25, 2002) among many others that you can find on Amazon. There is also a huge scientific literature on these topics, and discussions of related subjects, such as * Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) by Hervé This and Malcolm DeBevoise (Paperback - Aug 1, 2008) Stefanie 2011/4/18 Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel stefanie.no...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France
On Mon, April 18, 2011 10:22 am, Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote: Walter, The type of lab notebook activity you describe could be extended beyond the cooking area. I can see students using this for all kinds of scientific investigations. I have proposed this approach to learning the XO and Sugar, in http://booki.treehouse.su/discovering-discovery/ It is necessary to explain, or at least give hints, on those topics catalogued at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/The_Undiscoverable but for everything else, we could teach a great deal about discovery by letting the children find out about their learning tools themselves. Discovery: Preparation Before you begin, get a notebook or create a file on another computer to make notes on your progress, your discoveries, and your questions. If you haven't done this kind of exploration before, it will feel quite odd. There are sound reasons for this feeling, so don't worry about it, but do take note of it. In fact, take note of how you feel at every stage. Are you uncomfortable? Distressed, even? Make a note of such feelings, and press on. Are you getting excited and happy? Good. Make a note of that, too. You can compare notes with others later on, if you like. Is your brain turning to goop, and nothing makes any sense? http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/07/funny-pictures-i-have-the-dumb/ Take a break. Don't push yourself. You are trying to unlearn bad habits from school, and you have to allow your brain time to process the changes. My two cents. Gerald On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel stefanie.no...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, Im glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. Were just at the begining of the development but here is a short description of our first ideas: The game will be split in two parts: In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual environment, similar to a cook studio. There is also the possibility to share these recipes with other children. The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be validated by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar cant do homework because he has not sufficient energy). So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: The need of the different nutritional values, The nutritional value of the aliment In natural and organic state and after the preparation of the meal The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day The season and the weather The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the food) The health of the avatar/child The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it into a rough logic. So dont hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. We appreciate all kinds of input! FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example, changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water, and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how cooking impacts the foods we eat? regards. -walter Stefanie ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Edward Mokurai
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France
On Fri, April 22, 2011 5:00 am, Stefanie Nobel wrote: Hi Walter, Thats an interesting point. At the beginning I also had something more like an experimental cook studio in mind. During my research I found some funny things, like making an own pH indicator with red cabbage, a natural pH indicator that changes colors according to the acidity of the solution youre mixing with. For example when you fry your egg with a little red cabbage juice the egg becomes green. I found several other good, but for the moment I am not sure how to include it in our game. But concerning your question I can only offer a database with prepared aliments and their nutritional values. As far as I know, there is no rule of thumb how cooking impacts food. The impact depends on the aliment. I am currently looking for more information on this topic, so when I find anything I will let you know. There are several books on the subject from varying points of view and for different audiences. Examples include * Let's Cook It Right (1988), by Adelle Davis * Science Experiments You Can Eat: Revised Edition (1984), by Vicki Cobb and David Cain * Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself (May 1, 2008) by Cynthia Light Brown and Blair Shedd * Kitchen Chemistry - Paperback (July 1, 2005) by Ted Lister and Heston Blumenthal * What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained (May 17, 2002) by Robert L. Wolke * The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: a Book About Kitchen Chemistry and The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: a Book About How Living Things Grow (2-volume set) (PBS Magic School Bus) - Paperback (1994) by Patricia Relf Linda Beech and John Spiers Ted Enik * On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee * Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter * Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman * The Science Chef: 100 Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids by Joan D'Amico * The Science Chef Travels Around the World: Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids, by Joan D'Amico, Karen E. Drummond * The Science of Cooking - Hardcover (June 8, 2001) by Peter Barham * Food Science (Food Science Text Series) by Norman N. Potter and Joseph H. Hotchkiss (1999) * Essentials of Food Science (Food Science Text Series) by Vickie A. Vaclavik and Elizabeth W. Christian (Paperback - Nov 30, 2007) * Food Chemistry by H.-D. Belitz, Werner Grosch and Peter Schieberle (Paperback - Feb 27, 2009) * The Science of Good Food: The Ultimate Reference on How Cooking Works by David Joachim, Andrew Schloss and A. Philip Handel Ph.D. (Paperback - Oct 10, 2008) * Understanding Food Science and Technology (with InfoTrac) by Peter S. Murano (Hardcover - Sep 25, 2002) among many others that you can find on Amazon. There is also a huge scientific literature on these topics, and discussions of related subjects, such as * Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) by Hervé This and Malcolm DeBevoise (Paperback - Aug 1, 2008) Stefanie 2011/4/18 Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel stefanie.no...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, Im glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. Were just at the begining of the development but here is a short description of our first ideas: The game will be split in two parts: In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual environment, similar to a cook studio. There is also the possibility to share these recipes with other children. The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be validated by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar cant do homework because he has not sufficient energy). So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: The need of the different nutritional values, The nutritional value of the aliment In natural and organic state and after the preparation of the meal The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day The season and the weather The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the food) The health of the avatar/child The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food The next step will be to
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France
Hi Walter, That’s an interesting point. At the beginning I also had something more like an experimental cook studio in mind. During my research I found some funny things, like making an own pH indicator with red cabbage, a natural pH indicator that changes colors according to the acidity of the solution you’re mixing with. For example when you fry your egg with a little red cabbage juice the egg becomes green. I found several other good, but for the moment I am not sure how to include it in our game. But concerning your question I can only offer a database with prepared aliments and their nutritional values. As far as I know, there is no rule of thumb how cooking impacts food. The impact depends on the aliment. I am currently looking for more information on this topic, so when I find anything I will let you know. Stefanie 2011/4/18 Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel stefanie.no...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short description of our first ideas: The game will be split in two parts: In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to share these recipes with other children. The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do homework because he has not sufficient energy). So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: The need of the different nutritional values, The nutritional value of the aliment In natural and organic state and after the preparation of the meal The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day The season and the weather The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the food) The health of the avatar/child The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it into a rough logic. So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. We appreciate all kinds of input! FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example, changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water, and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how cooking impacts the foods we eat? regards. -walter Stefanie ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel stefanie.no...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short description of our first ideas: The game will be split in two parts: In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to share these recipes with other children. The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do homework because he has not sufficient energy). So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: The need of the different nutritional values, The nutritional value of the aliment In natural and organic state and after the preparation of the meal The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day The season and the weather The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the food) The health of the avatar/child The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it into a rough logic. So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. We appreciate all kinds of input! FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example, changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water, and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how cooking impacts the foods we eat? regards. -walter Stefanie ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France
Wonderful idea should be exciting to follow this development! Sandra Thaxter www.smallsolutionsbigideas.org san...@smallsolutionsbigideas.org (617) 320-1098 - Original Message - From: Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com To: Stefanie Nobel Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel stefanie.no...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short description of our first ideas: The game will be split in two parts: In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to share these recipes with other children. The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do homework because he has not sufficient energy). So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: The need of the different nutritional values, The nutritional value of the aliment In natural and organic state and after the preparation of the meal The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day The season and the weather The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the food) The health of the avatar/child The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it into a rough logic. So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. We appreciate all kinds of input! FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example, changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water, and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how cooking impacts the foods we eat? regards. -walter Stefanie ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France
Walter, The type of lab notebook activity you describe could be extended beyond the cooking area. I can see students using this for all kinds of scientific investigations. My two cents. Gerald On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel stefanie.no...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short description of our first ideas: The game will be split in two parts: In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to share these recipes with other children. The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do homework because he has not sufficient energy). So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: The need of the different nutritional values, The nutritional value of the aliment In natural and organic state and after the preparation of the meal The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day The season and the weather The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the food) The health of the avatar/child The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it into a rough logic. So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. We appreciate all kinds of input! FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example, changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water, and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how cooking impacts the foods we eat? regards. -walter Stefanie ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
