Healthy Eating Webquest

Introduction

Are we healthy eaters at INPS?

Introduction

Many surveys tell us that young people are not eating healthy. Is this true at INPS? Are we just like everyone else or are we doing better or maybe worse?

Task

Your task is to survey INPS 4,5 & 6 students , compare their eating habits with the NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) and write a report showing your findings.

Process

Step 1: Background Information ~1 ICT session.

Before we can compare our students we need to understand what is healthy eating and why is it such a big deal.

Collect the Background Information worksheet and use it to record what you already know about healthy eating and why it is important.

Then research following the links below.

What is healthy eating?

http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/national/resource/healthy-living-pyramid#.U92X1uOSybM

http://www.healthyactive.gov.au/internet/healthyactive/publishing.nsf/Content/materials

Why is it important to eat healthy?

http://www.healthyeatingaustralia.com/benefits-of-healthy-eating/#sthash.S88Np2FW.dpbs

http://www.getontrackchallenge.com.au/benefits/benefits-of-a-healthy-lifestyle/

http://www.nutritionstyle.net/benefits-of-healthy-eating-for-teenagers/

Step 2: Survey Students

Collect the Food Diary and Food Servings information and complete for one week. Make sure the other class are filling it out too.

Choose one member of your class to explain what and why you want them to fill out the diary. Remind them to be honest so we get true results.

Step 3: Record survey information

Graph 1 ~ Extra foods ~ 2 ICT session

Open Excel, call this page Extra Foods
Write the following headings down the first column

Confectionary, Soft Drink/ Cordial, Hot Chips, Potato Chips

Write the following headings across the first row

Daily, 4x a week, 2x a week, Once a week, None

Record findings from food diaries
Make as a percentage pie graph
Cut and paste graph into a Word Doc. Name it INPS Healthy Eating Survey
Write down what you see?
Remember to save

Graph 2 ~ Number of serves~ 1 ICT session

Open previous Excel file
Open a new page and call it Number of Serves per Day
Along the top line write the 5 food groups
Down the first column write the number of serves per day

1 2 3 4 5 6

Record findings from food diary - you will need to average out servings from the week
Make as a percentage pie graph
Cut and paste graph into INPS Healthy Eating Survey file
Write down what you see?
Remember to save

Graph 3 ~ Eating Habits ~ 1 ICT session

Open previous Excel file
Open a new page and call it Eating Habits
Along the top line write the headings

Skips breakfast, Eats Dinner in front of TV

Down the first column write

Boy, Girl

Record your findings from the food diaries
Make as a percentage pie graph
Cut and paste graph into INPS Healthy Eating Survey file
Write down what you see?
Remember to save

Step 4: Compare ~ 1 ICT session

Collect the Question Sheet from the teachers and read the following page and fill it out.

http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/stats-research/healthy-eating.aspx

Now go back to our graphs. Collect the INPS Survey Results sheet and fill it out .

Evaluation

Healthy Eating Web Quest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Back ground information	Recorded own prior knowledge and 1 or 2 pieces of information	Recorded own prior knowledge and 3 or 4 pieces of information	Recorded own prior knowledge and 5 pieces of information	Recorded own prior knowledge and 6 or more pieces of information
Food Diary	Recorded 1 day of food diary or use very little detail	Recorded 3 day of food diary	Recorded most days of food diary in detail	Recorded all days of food diary in detail
Extra Foods Graph	Completed graph with no headings and spelling mistakes	Completed graph with a few spelling mistakes and a simple explanation	Completed graph with no spelling mistakes and a simple explanation	Completed graph with no spelling mistakes and a detailed explanation
Number of serves Graph	Completed graph with no headings and spelling mistakes	Completed graph with a few spelling mistakes and a simple explanation	Completed graph with no spelling mistakes and a simple explanation	Completed graph with no spelling mistakes and a detailed explanation
Eating Habits Graph	Completed graph with no headings and spelling mistakes	Completed graph with a few spelling mistakes and a simple explanation	Completed graph with no spelling mistakes and a simple explanation	Completed graph with no spelling mistakes and a detailed explanation
SPANS survey & INPS survey	Answered 10-12 questions correctly	Answered 13- 18 questions correctly	Answered 18 questions correctly	Answered all questions correctly
Conclusion	Answered 1 or 2 questions in simple sentences and with some spelling mistakes and limited formatting	Answered most questions in sentences and with 1 or 2 spelling mistakes and clear formatting	Answered all questions in sentences and with no spelling mistakes and clear formatting	Answered all questions in detail and with no spelling mistakes and clear formatting

Conclusion

Step 5: What did you find out?~ 1 ICT session

In the Word Doc. with graphs begin a new page with the heading Conclusions

Answer the following questions;

Are the students at INPS eating healthy compared to the NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS)? Explain

What were we good at?

What are the areas for improvement?

What would you recommend we do to improve the healthy eating habits of INPS students?

Print your INPS Healthy Eating Survey file and give to the teacher