Introduction
Nutrition is the fuel for our bodies and it ensures that we can grow up to be healthy and happy individuals. We have learned so much throughout the past decade on ways to help support our bodies by taking in the right kinds of energy through food. We will be creating an online avatar to help us go through numerous games that allow us to learn all about nutrition. While we use these games as a way to learn we are also having lots of fun and coming up with more ideas on how we can take better care of our bodies. This webquest will allow you to learn ways to incorporate healthy foods and exercise into your daily routine in order to be healthy.
Task
Go to the choosemyplate.gov website to explore the new ideas on how to eat wholesome every day. You will find ways to incorporate eating healthier into your every day life and be able to share amongst your friends and family what you have learned. You will play numerous games that will allow you to earn points for your daily activity.
Process
Create an account on http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/ by selecting the box, join on the upper right hand tool bar. Then follow the links below to access information and play games on how to understand how to make smarter decisions of what you eat and learn all about the foods we should be consuming and how much or little to eat of each item.
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/healthy-games/24-my-plate-usda-f…
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/flash/games/build-a-meal/en/6-ke…
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/10-grocery-store
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/12-solusville-house
Evaluation
You will be evaluate each time you play a game by how well you know each task. The games will evaluate you based on how well you can create meals and if you are putting enough of each food group onto your plate. The game will tell you how you can improve your plate and discuss ways that you can still keep everything on your plate but adjust how your physical activity is.
Conclusion
The choosemyplate.gov and nourishinteractive.com websites will allow you to understand the ways to create a wholesome meal and snack each day and how to learn ways to incorporate healthier choices into your meals and snacks. You will learn vital information about nutrition and ways that you can integrate it into your daily routine.
Credits
Teacher Page
Welcome! My name is Ms. Orosco and I am so excited to have you joining me in my classrooms' webquest. We will discover many new ways to use technology and the internet to explore more about education and ways that we can have fun playing games, learning new things, and developing the knowledge to use this technology when we aren't around any devices.