Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Eating Healthy for Our Golden Years

Eating Healthy is important.

Today we were joined by Dietician Dean Schillinger. Dean is the dietician at the College Square HyVee. 

Dean shared with us a whole bushel of different types of healthy grains.  The grains included Freekeh, Flax Seed, Black Rice, and the ever-fun Chia. 

A favorite of the club members was the plate of No Bake Granola Flax Treats that Dean made and shared with the crowd.  He also shared the recipe with us and you can get it clicking on the link in this paragraph.  You can look for other healthy recipes at the HyVee website.

Thank you for joining us, Dean.  Your message was warmly received and hopefully we will begin eating healthier.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Rube Goldberg Joins Us as Dr. Z Tells His Stories

Rube Goldberg joined us as Leigh Zeitz shared the work he had done at the Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School last May.

Using photos, video clips and stories, Dr. Z described his journey with 6th graders into the Crazy World of Rube Goldberg. We experienced the fun they had developing “complex chain reactions to accomplish simple tasks.” Using a Problem-Based Learning format, those students explored physics while they built contraptions to drop a marble in a bucket, dip a chip in salsa, pop a balloon and even create a banana smoothie.

Dr. Z described how the inventors expressed their experiences through KidBlog and how these activities aligned with Common Core Standards in Science, Technology and Writing. it was fun to see how our room full of retired educators related to these tales of action-based learning.

If you are interested in learning more about this, visit this blog to watch a 20-minute video on this topic.

Monday, November 3, 2014

More GREAT Programs in November

This will be a wonderful month of presentations.  It will involve Inventing, Eating and Thanking.

Wednesday, November 5 - Business meeting.

Wednesday, November 12How Rube Goldberg Led Our 6th Grade Students to Pursuing Their Passions through STEM
Dr. Leigh Zeitz will share his adventures in working with 6th graders at the Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School. Following a Problem-Based Learning format, these midsters created amazing inventions to accomplish simple tasks like Making a Smoothie.  Great way to learn.

Wednesday, November 19 - Enjoying Healthy Nutrition in Your Golden Years
Dean Schillinger, the dietician at the Cedar Falls HyVee, will share helpful hints about how you can eat healthy. He will share a number of suggestions and even provide some homemade treats for your enjoymentn.

Wednesday, November 26 - What Thanksgiving Means to Me
It's the day before Thanksgiving and Monica Winkowitsch will share with us events in her life and why she is so thankful for what she has and what she has to give.