ENGLISH PROJECT

ALIMENTIAMOCI
I TASTE, I AM


Students involved: 400
Subjects involved: Italian language and literature; history and geography; science and chemistry; paintings; sculpture; design; history of art; gym; building science; computer science.


CONTENTS: TASTE IS KNOWLEDGE

These are the paths
       food and emotion in art
       food serving art: painting with natural colors
       art and the food chain
       from local tradition to global world
       food autobiography
       food and health diseases
       Mon jardin partagé: a short about food
       food and nutrition education
       art and earth protection
       food, health, sports: different life styles
       architecture and design for a good life
       architecture for country
       create products that help in going beyond differences among people


VOLTA HIGH SCHOOL

In Volta High School You can find different areas
       surveying high school
       artistic high school
       evening surveying class
       evening administration finance and marketing class
       district prison class
       hospital class

Educational activities in Volta High School are inspired by these guidelines:
       school is a democratic community, where everyone works to reach a common target
       school works together with local community
       in school, students get prepared for labour market

The project Alimentiamoci matches the strategic goals of Volta high school: first of all building an ideal bridge among different experiences of language, culture and ability.
The main goals are: living in cooperation with other people, creating a social communication around a common theme as a facilitator.

In order to reach these goals, Volta High School has built a net with local community (local government, University of Pavia).
Each student, led by professors, family and expert consultants, gives his contribution for the final product.

FINAL PRODUCT

It consists in a web site in which different works prepared by single students or by the entire classes find their wright place and give a contribution to this sort of tablecloth of taste and multi-sensory knowledge.


EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES

       seminars of food and nutrition education
       school contest called “alimentiamoci”
       participation in the Lardirago local fair


TIMELINE

       definition of the theme and the path
       theoretical approach to the theme
       cognitive survey in the local community
       creation of different product (single students/entire classes)
the web site

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