/ Nutrition 10 Content for şŁ˝ÇÉçÇř en /news/popular-nutrition-teacher-bids-farewell-classroom <p>The SpongeBob-costumed student&nbsp;who appeared at&nbsp;Liz Applegate's last Nutrition 10 lecture last Thursday (June 2) offered a fitting tribute. The cartoon character exemplifies how Applegate worked to engage her students — 60,000-plus of them over 31 years — with references they knew. In fact, her first extra credit question in 1999 was, “Who is SpongeBob’s best friend?”</p> <p>“Kind of silly, I know, but I wanted students to feel good that they knew the answer,” Applegate explained.</p> June 06, 2016 - 12:08pm Jocelyn C Anderson /news/popular-nutrition-teacher-bids-farewell-classroom