Kiwi taste test at Postma and Rennell ES

Students plot their results from the kiwi and grape taste test on a poster in the cafeteria.

The food service department teamed up with the math and instructional technology departments to integrate a kiwi and red grape taste test for third-grade students at Postma and Rennell ES on Sept. 11.

The math technology coordinators created a survey on iPads for students to vote if they liked the kiwi and red grapes. The students then watched the results projected live on a projector during lunch while Kristi Richter, elementary math coordinator, helped the students make the connection to their curriculum. 

“Students got to see their study of double bar graphs come to life in a real-life situation,” said Michelle Voelkel, food service marketing coordinator. “We were very excited to see how much the students loved kiwi. The students enjoyed watching the results display on the screen while they cheered for their favorite fruit to win. We are very grateful to the math department, Postma and Rennell elementary schools for helping make this a successful event.”

 

Instructional technology coordinator Steven Stone assists a student with inputting kiwi and grape taste testing data in a collaborative project with the elementary math and food service teams on Sept. 11. 

Members of the technology, math and food service teams led a kiwi and grape taste test at Postma and Rennell elementary schools. Pictured (top row, L-R) are instructional technology specialist Steven Stone, elementary math coordinator Kristi Richter, nutrition education coordinator Emmy Durand and dietetic intern Maged Ayyad; and (bottom row) math coach Anabel Messer, instructional technology specialist Danielle Haymes and food service marketing coordinator Michelle Voelkel.

Danielle Haymes, instructional technology specialist, helps a student with his tablet in the taste testing experiment.

The kiwi and grape samples were available for Postma and Rennell ES students to pick up in the cafeteria line on Sept. 11.