And what about nutrition?

Before approaching the nutrition unit, I thought it could be a good idea to survey the students in order to find out which are the myths and facts they are familiar with, which are their actual habits and their own perception about their nutritional requirements.
We used Google forms and these were the very interesting results.

GOOD NEWS! MOST OF THE KIDS THINK THEY EAT WHAT THEY NEED.

Not knowing is a very honest answer. How could you know if you get what you need if you´re not sure about what you really need? Adolescents have special nutritional requirements!

   

Yes, so common to see that many adolescents do not breakfast, or don´t do it in the proper amounts and composition. This is a task for the parents: care for your child´s breakfast, it is the most important meal to begin a day and be able to concentrates. Ideally high in proteins, low in carbs!

A hot topic, given that so many adults engage in extreme trendy diets. The soup diet, the no-carb diet, the paleo diet, the detox diets. But it is so simple: just avoid added sugars, fats and DO EXERCISE! Good to see that more than half of our students already know this. Perhaps greater awareness than adults?

Well, let´s talk about diabetes? Did you know how scaringly growing the child diabetes rates are?

The ONLY CORRECT ANSWER HERE would have been "avoid everything except water and natural fruit juices". Natural means natural: you make them yourselves. You don´t believe any marketing label on the tetrapacks! Read ingredients!

Wow, that was such a nice result to see. Seventy seven students surveyed, 87% of them share the meals with their families. Experts unanimously agree on this: sharing meals with family or beloved ones are the BEST protecting factor for eating disorders and nutrition disorders! Please, share you meal with your child (and put the cell phone and netflix away from the table!)

Well, there were many more questions, but in the end it was great to perceive the self-awareness of our students about their eating habits. They know they are ok, but there are many things they could do better and avoid. Like candies. Or excessive soda drinks.



Let´s hope this exercise and the information that was provided in the following lessons, makes some change for better! 

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Dyslexia, so present, so challenging

Dyslexia is a learning disability which challenges students, parents and teachers. It is just part of the human diversity, its different and unique ways of learning, processing. Understanding our differences and knowing how to managing and integrating them, smoothens the way for kids that were not fully understood. Still, there are many prejudices and misconceptions about this condition that affects so many of our friends.
This campaign, created by Olivia Holze, Marina Mey Facciotti, Julieta Müller and Agustín Danguise, was intended to provide information and awareness, inclusion and understanding.

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Scleroderma, autoimmune and lethal

Autoimmune diseases are not easy. Not easy to understand, not easy to treat, almost impossible to cure. Scleroderma is a progressive autoimmune disease that heavily affects the quality of life of the patients, with uncertain prognosis and multiple symptoms, difficult symptomatical treatment and a lot to know and care and understand.
This is why Renata Leone Dodero, Natalia Estrugo, Agustina Bolatti and Olivia Solessio (4E), have been struggling with bringing all this complexity together in this clear infographic to spread the information.

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Ever heard about ANISAKIASIS?

Neither did the group that had this infectious disease assigned: Ivana Saggion, Carolina Kramer and Franco Barrera. 
A parasitic disease,transmitted by uncooked fish, that can cause such severe painful symptoms that you can even take them for an ulcer or a cancer. It´s only about worms.
Finding the information was a difficult task, but this group was able to produce a nice and appealing infographic.

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Sindrome Urémico Hemolítico-a campaign that impacted the community

The entherohemorrhagic E.coli syndrome is unfortunately a highly prevalent and preventable disease in Argentina. Produced by a strain of E.coli that causes severe renal failure and even death in children population below 5 years old.
Catalina Papini, Lucía Nogales and Delfina Ernst were totally engaged with this disease. At first, they found it cool to have a disease assigned with such a difficult name. They had never heard about it. They were intrigued by it, why is this happening? What can we do about it?

Unfortunately, it was coincident with real life: in San Isidro, two kids were hospitalized in Clínica La Trinidad because of an enterohemorrhagic E.coli intoxication at a school. Luckily, they overcame it and are ok. But the pediatrician in charge was coincidently Matías Sokiransky, our school doctor. He suggested our authorities to organize a meeting with parents, reinforcing the precautions in hygiene habits at our kitchens, to protect our own community.

And guess who were invitied to the talk? Yes, our students of 4A: Cata, Delfi and Lucy. They attended the meeting, showing their infographic, explaining what they found out, what they were still wondering. The parents were happy to see how students work for other students. Productive work  and mastery that goes beyond classroom walls. A moment to be proud!
Here goes the campaign:

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Meningitis-a pure talent campaign

Meningitis is a transmittable disease, caused by bacteria or virus. Those of us that are like 40 years old, are familiar with this term, our mothers made us the stiff-neck test everytime we had high fever and headache, scared about this deadly phantom: meningitis.

Nowadays, many vaccines are available and mandatory,but they still do not protect against all types of meningitis. This is why it is so important to raise awareness and empower people to recognize soon the typical symptoms, seeking for diagnosis.

Nicole Schwammberger, Sofía Hurwitz and Catalina Pastorino made this infographic, accompanied by a video clip, with a song composed and sung by the talented Cata. I cannot stop watching it over and over again. Don´t miss it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGnyz9_mxso

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Hepatitis-a disease that can kill "despacito"

Hepatitis is a viral infection that affects the liver and can cause major problems. There are 5 different kinds of virus that cause hepatitis, and there is also alcohol-induced hepatitis or other less common causes.
Mica Stieglitz, Camila Rosolen and Juan Lucas Verschoor prepared this infographic, after doing exhaustive research on other international hepatitis campaigns to get inspiration. And they went further: with great creativity and sense of opportunity, riding on the 2017 Hit "Despacito", they composed a jingle that you will never forget. The video clip was made with the help of family and friends, and the collaboration of the wonderful voice of Sofi Stieglitz.

Please, visit: https://youtu.be/mk_ZcZ_7i0A

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Tuberculosis, a disease unfortunately still actual

Tuberculosis is well known for its relevance in many epochal movies. Many of us remember the charmant Nicole Kidman coughing blood (hemoptysis) in Moulin Rouge.
Unfortunately, the appearence of TB-resistant mycobacteria gives this transmittable disease a new dimension.
Giuliana Müller, Francesca Burgues and Alexa Elicegui Holm prepared this infographic, using a known format for the students: prezi, and transforming it into a poster.

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Pediculosis- an elegant name for an itchy infection

We all heard about lice, but few know that lice is an ectoparasitic infection called pediculosis. Yes, it is a disease, and infectious disease. And there are ways to prevent it. The most common infectious disease in our school, with abnormal high prevalence. Let´s do something about it: look at this campaign designed by Katja Guthmann, Pilar Schang and Renate Baumgarten, our students at 4A.  Please, take your time to visit their web page: https://pilars26.wixsite.com/pediculosis

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Tourette-famous by a movie

When 4D students got their cognitive disorders assigned, there was one group (Agustín Ramirez Calvo, Calvin Steel, Tommi Caffarelli and Tobías Kühlcke) who asked me if they could do a research on Tourette Syndrome. They had seen a movie and were intrigued by this difficult to understand tic-based neurological disorders. Of course, I agreed! Here is the phantastic infographic, a simple yet effective and clear campaign using piktochart, to get you informed about everything you have to know about Tourette.

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What about Melanoma?

Melanoma, the worst type of skin cancer, but the easiest to detect and to prevent on time.
A great prevention campaign by Sofía Aguirre and Alex Thomsen. You can do something about it! Watch this infographic and navigate their website.https://sofiaa08.wixsite.com/melanoma

(A special mention to the artistic talent of Sofi, who painted the scary melanoma pattern on Alex´s backshoulder, and then got the transparent background effect using greenscreen method) Thanks, Heidi Musteros, for helping us out with this technique and app on the ipad! 

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Lupus, an unknown and scary disease

The students at 4E worked on autoimmune diseases.

A beautiful campaign based on an image concept to raise attention and impact, designed by Valentina Arcangeli, Tobías Miranda and Selena Barreto Barrios, with the inclusion of a QR code linking to the website they designed to offer detailed information about this disease, symbolized by the butterfly.

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Autism- an awareness campaign by 4D

Sol Guaita, María Rodillo, Sophia Kahn and Nicolás Block used the greenscreen technique to set up this campaign, showing how isolation determines the feeling of people with autism.

backstage of the photoshooting

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Lymphoma and Leukemia Campaign

Thanks, Agustín Cabantous and Félix Cavanagh, 4C, for this great graphic campaign. Don´t forget to visit https://leucemiaylinfoma.wixsite.com/campania

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