 Introduction
This is a one to two week project on nutrition that
is targeted for High School level students
but, could easily be used for Middle School students
as well. Students will track their diet for two days (one weekend
and one weekday) and via the internet, research the foods and provide nutritional
information on each. They will need to find total calories per day,
fat (grams), protein and carbohydrates. Additionally, students will
need to calculate percents of each and compare them to the FDA Food Guide
Pyramid. Students will then use the food pyramid and design and create
a poster based on their diet for the two days.
Subject: Health
Topic: Nutrition
Grade Level: 9-12
Student Lesson name and URL:
Standards
Addressed
Health
Standard 1
The student understands and
demonstrates ways in which his or her health and well-being can be enhanced
and maintained.
Students in high school who
meet this standard will be able to:
ï Explain the relationship
between personal health habits and quality
of life.
ï Evaluate food choices that
can promote optimal health and reduce
the risk of disease.
ï Students will evaluate their
state of health using a personal health 
inventory.
Instructional
Objectives
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After tracking and recording their complete diet for two separate days
students will be able to calculate their total calories, fat (in grams),
protein and carbohydrates for each day by using the Internet.
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Students will be able to compare and contrast their diet with the suggested
USDA food guide pyramid.
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Students will be able to reproduce the USDA food guide pyramid from memory.
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Students will be able to appraise and judge good and bad foods in relation
to their nutritional value.
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Students will be able to interpret nutritional food labels found on food
items.
Students will be able to list the four major nutrients and state two
funcions of each.
Student
Activities
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your introductory, enabling, and culminating activities. Insert links to
online resources in your text and insert links to activities on your student
lesson web site.
Introductory
Activity
Students will need to provide
the following materials for this project: 1 sheet of poster board, a ruler
and a box of colored pens or pencils. After reading the introductory
unit of our health textbook students will be provided wtith the handout
that explains the entire project.
http://health.netscape.thriveonline.oxygen.com/fitness/caloriecounter/calculate.html
Enabling
Activity(ies)
Day 1
Journal question: List the top ten foods you like the most. Brief
class discussion about favorite foods and whether they would be considered
healthy or unhealthy. Explain reasons for the pre-test (evaluate
how much they currently know and to verify the degree of learning that
has taken place at the end of the unit) and have students complete it.
Students will then re-create and complete a diagram from the board about
why, what and when people eat. Class discussion during each category.
Conclude class with a statement that it is useful to know this information
so that one can establish good eating patterns and habits.
Day 2
Journal question:
http://ns.buuk.com/clab/
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
http://www.cyberdiet.com/ni/htdocs/
Culminating
Activity
The culminating activity will
be a completion of their diet notes, number of calories,fat journal, poster
and a minimum five minute presentation to the class. The presentation
will include an explanation of their poster, diet, what they learned, problems
encountered, etc.
Assessment
For
each criteria listed, students will receive a score from 1-4.
1=Needs
Improvements
2=Basic
3=Proficient
(or meets standards)
4=Exemplary(or
exceeds standards)
| The Student's
journal and/or poster and/or presentation should contain: |
Score (1-4) |
| Complete diet notes with calorie, fat, protein, and carbohydrate information. |
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| A comparison of their diet for two days with that of the USDA food
guide pyramid. |
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| A verbal communication and appraisal of the nutritional value of the
foods they consumed. |
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| An accurate interpretation of various nutritional food labels. |
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| An understanding of the functions of the four major nutrients. |
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for the culminating activity or a link to your rubric or test document
file.
Results
After implementing your lesson
(sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test,
post-test, and culminating assessment data.
Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
Introductory Activity
http://health.netscape.thriveonline.oxygen.com/fitness/caloriecounter/calculate.html
List and link the web resources
for this activity here. Also link supplementary materials such as PDF files
and /or document files.
Enabling Activity
http://ns.buuk.com/clab/
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
http://www.cyberdiet.com/ni/htdocs/
List and link the web resources
for your learning activity(ies) here. Also link supplementary materials
such as PDF files and /or document files.
Culminating Activity
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for your culminating activity here. Also link supplementary materials such
as PDF files and /or document files.
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