Student Creativity Showing...Makes Me Happy!

My advanced class is not in the kitchen yet as we have a few more things to go over. I decided to have them do a project recreating The Flow of Food (some of you may remember it from my 10 minute lecture this Summer). I gave them a rubric that included creativity and limited them to art and scrap book supplies, 1/2 sheet of poster board and magazines. Of course they wanted to go online and print, using all my ink. This time though, I wanted them to think of another way of putting it together. When I tell you they got into it, they really did. Let me give you an idea of what they were to do. Using the supplies, they were to show Purchasing, Receiving, Storing, Preparing, Cooking, Cooling, Reheating, Holding, Serving and how it rotates to start back at Purchasing. They are to use pictures (either drawn or from magazines) to show each step ensuring everything is labeled. One student used several pieces of scrapbook paper to create her background and she cut out and created 3-D pictures of a dollar sign for Purchasing, a box truck with wheels and headlights for Receiving. At the end of class she was working on a reach-in refrigerator for Storing. As they watched each other work, they would get more ideas to build on what they had. It was so nice to see them trying to figure out how they would put it together. It was due at the end of class but there were so diligent and creative I had to allow the long weekend.  I am so excited to see their outcomes Tuesday. Maybe it helps that the best one will get a $5 Starbucks gift card. Hey, we all like extra motivation don't we?