<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Hi Walter,</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">That’s an interesting point. At the beginning I also had something more like an experimental cook studio in mind. During my research I found some funny things, like making an own pH indicator with red cabbage, a natural pH indicator that changes colors according to the acidity of the solution you’re mixing with. For example when you fry your egg with a little red cabbage juice the egg becomes green. I found several other good, but for the moment I am not sure how to include it in our game.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">But concerning your question I can only offer a database with prepared aliments and their nutritional values. As far as I know, there is no rule of thumb how cooking impacts food. The impact depends on the aliment. I am currently looking for more information on this topic, so when I find anything I will let you know.</font></font></span></p>
<br>Stefanie<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">2011/4/18 Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div class="h5">On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel<br><<a href="mailto:stefanie.nobel@googlemail.com">stefanie.nobel@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hello,<br>><br>> I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six<br>
> months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating<br>> children about a healthier nutrition.<br>> In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with<br>> meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant<br>
> to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy.<br>> The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance<br>> the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us.<br>
><br>> We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short<br>> description of our first ideas:<br>> The game will be split in two parts:<br>><br>> In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual<br>
> environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to<br>> share these recipes with other children.<br>> The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by the<br>> avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do homework<br>
> because he has not sufficient energy).<br>><br>> So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have<br>> to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example:<br>><br>> The need of the different nutritional values,<br>
> The nutritional value of the aliment<br>> In natural and organic state and<br>> after the preparation of the meal<br>> The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day<br>> The season and the weather<br>
> The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the<br>> food)<br>> The health of the avatar/child<br>> The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food<br>><br>><br>><br>
> The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it into<br>> a rough logic.<br>><br>><br>><br>> So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts.<br>><br>
> We appreciate all kinds of input!<br>><br><br></div></div>FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a<br>cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of<br>the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example,<br>
changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water,<br>and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The<br>Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data<br>analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably<br>
photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and<br>failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in<br>nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how<br>cooking impacts the foods we eat?<br>
<br>regards.<br><br>-walter<br><br>><br>> Stefanie<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Sugar-devel mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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