Abstract:

The OSMOSIS project, a collaboration between High School and University, involved teachers and students from the Scientific Culture Course of the High School Jaime de Sant Ángel (Redovan, Alicante, Spain) and Food Quality and Safety Research Group of Universidad Miguel Hernández. This project consisted in building and implementing innovative knowledge for Secondary Education (Horizon 2014-Schools and Horizon 2015-K12). The aim of this project was to improve the knowledge of high school students in terms of food labeling. The project was designed for 15-18 years, old students. The project combined knowledge from food quality, geography, economics, biology, mathematics and language.

The activity was organized in 6 blocks of activities:
1) working plan design by the University and High School teams;
2) presentation of the working plan to students;
3) initial questionnaire to students based in order to know their degree of knowledge about fruit-based drink labeling;
4) students visit to the local supermarket to observe the shelf of the above-mentioned products;
5) label evaluation of the photographed products;
6) final questionnaire to students with the same content as the initial one; and,
7) data processing, correction, and revision in order to evaluate students achievements.

One of the most important findings was the evaluation of students’ awareness on food labeling. Consequently, the students developed a service-learning project which can have a positive impact on the personal, social, cognitive, and academic development of adolescents. This project is presented as an example of an interdisciplinary collaborative project among University, High School and Society.

Keywords:

Food labeling, beverages, high school, university.