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Nutrition Education And Counseling (Nutr 420) City As Classroom Project Report, Jule Anne Henstenburg Ms, Rd, Ldn
Nutrition Education And Counseling (Nutr 420) City As Classroom Project Report, Jule Anne Henstenburg Ms, Rd, Ldn
City as Classroom Projects
Nutrition Education and Counseling (Nutrition 420) is a senior-level nutrition course for students to develop and demonstrate counseling skills, education methods, and communication strategies for effective health behavior change. As part of the City and Region initiative, the course focused on cultural diversity and health disparities in a senior population of Philadelphia.
Students conducted nutrition counseling and education sessions with seniors who were of Asian, African, and Eastern European decent at the Nationalities Senior Center in Philadelphia. The instructor divided the class into groups of three and used a public-health approach from Senior and Cultural Food Pyramid Models to provide …
Principles Of Environmental Science (Bio 157) City As Classroom Project Report, Stefan Samulewicz Phd
Principles Of Environmental Science (Bio 157) City As Classroom Project Report, Stefan Samulewicz Phd
City as Classroom Projects
This is a foundation biology course for non-majors that places emphasis on the unifying concepts of ecology. It is intended to demonstrate interconnections between life and physical science, provide opportunity for in-depth exploration of environmental issues and establish a relevance to students’ lives. Topics include: human influence on patterns and products of change in living systems, energy, matter and organization, and human interaction and interdependence with other living systems.
The goal of this project was to research how the people living in this city have attempted to preserve a bit of the “natural” environment amidst the concrete.