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= Drive-Thru Nutrition =

This page lists your assignments for April 20th through April 24th. The websites will provide you with valuable information for each assignment. Group projects and presentations are due on April 27th.



As a class, we will discuss the upcoming project. To begin with, we are going to discuss how to understand a [|nutrition facts label] and what all of those elements mean. Then we will break up into groups and decide which ten fast food restaurants you will want to research. Once you have decided which fast food restaurants to use, present them to the teacher and get approval before you begin the project. After you break up into your groups, each student will choose two of the fast food restaurants they chose as a group and will choose a complete meal that they would eat at those restaurants. The meal has to include, a drink, an entree, a side item, and a dessert. Then, each student will gather all of the nutritional facts about those items and record them onto an excel document. The excel document should include all ten meals from the different restaurants. Listen to this Podcast about [|nutrition and obesity]. You should scroll down and click on the "obesity" subject and then click to the three minute mark, and start listening from there. This podcast discusses obesity and how to be healthy while still eating the foods you like and still having weight control and portion control. After you break up into your groups, each student will use the same two fast food restaurants they used the day before but will choose two healthier meals that they would eat at the restaurant. The meal has to include, a drink, an entree, a side item, and a dessert. Then, the student will gather all of the nutritional facts about those items and record them onto another excel document. This second excel document should include all ten healthier meals from the different restaurants. As a fun activity and to have this information for yourself, you can use this [|BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator] to see if you are at an appropriate level for your gender, age, and height. Today the students will break up into their groups again and create their healthy menu. The menu can be created anyway the group decides. Each menu must include at least five options for each entree, side item, and dessert. The drink portion may include 2-5 options. At the bottom or on the back of the menu, I would like at least two paragraphs explaining what your group has collectively learned about nutrition. Take a look at these two [|weight/height charts]. There are two separate charts, for men and for women. They both show the height of an individual and the appropriate range of weight for their frame. Are you an appropriate weight for your height? Should you make any modifications to your diet? This last day will be the day for the students to wrap up any work they have not completed yet, and will be the day for the groups to practice their presentations. After thirty minutes, we will watch a couple scenes from the movie Supersize Me, which relates to the project they have just completed, and the students will answer 10 questions I have prepared on the movie Supersize Me.
 * __Monday: Comprehending Nutrition__ **
 * __Tuesday: Beginning the Project, and Choosing Your Meals__ **
 * __Wednesday: Fixing Your Meals__ **
 * __Thursday: Modifying the Menu__ **
 * __Friday: Wrap It Up__ **