Senior Ventures Spotlight: Heidi Botwinik

Monday, February 6, 2023 | By Heidi Botwinik | 125 views

Heidi Botwinik's Senior Ventures project involves teaching others about nutrition. She worked with 3rd graders, during their PE class, to teach them about different roles fruits and vegetables play in nutrition and keeping us healthy. The students had an opportunity to "Eat a Rainbow" of fruits and vegetables. They learned the following about the different colors of fruits and vegetables:

• red: contain lycopene which helps the heart stay healthy
• orange: contain beta carotene and vitamin A that helps our eyes
• yellow: contain vitamin C which assists with the immune system
• green: contain calcium to help build strong bones
• blue: contain anthocyanins to help us have a healthy brain
• purple: contain fiber that assists with digestion

After eating the rainbow of fruits and vegetables, watching this video, and coloring a fruit and veggie rainbow sheet, the students went outside to exercise. Heidi wants to thank Coach Larry and Coach Liddle for supporting her Senior Ventures project and allowing her to work with the 3rd graders to teach them this important lesson.