Introduction
Welcome to your journey that will guide you to a healthier lifestyle. Do you want to feel better? Do you want to start to eating healthier? Do you know what foods you need to eat? This WebQuest will teach you about nutrition and how to eat healthier. You will be able to use the information you learn in your everyday lives and help your family and friends make healthier choices as well. I know most of us want to be healthy and feel good but don't know where to start or how to do it. This WebQuest will get you started and teach you how to start eating healthier and feeling better. Let's get started!
Task
In this journey you will learn about nutrition and how to make healthy food choices. You will visit websites that will inform you about why it's important to eat healthy and what foods you need to eat.
Along the way you will complete a few assignments. You will create a video and a healthy meal plan for one week, which includes three meals and two snacks a day for seven days. You will be creating the meal plan for yourself, so you'll take into consideration your age, weight, food tastes, any allergies, etc. Then you can use this meal plan in your real life afterwards! Or share it with your friends and family, you’ll have some great ideas to move forward with to start making healthier food choices in the future and feel better!
Process
Here are the steps you need to take on your nutrition journey. Enjoy!
Step 1: Read some background information on nutrition and why it's important to eat healthy:
Why is it important to eat healthy? - http://www.fitness.gov/eat-healthy/why-is-it-important/
Healthy eating for teens - http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/healthy-eating-teens.aspx
Take charge of your health guide - http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/take_charge.htm
Step 2: What's in my food? Check out the links below to find out how many calories, fat, etc. are in certain foods:
What are empty calories? - http://www.choosemyplate.gov/weight-management-calories/calories/empty-calories.html
Chart of food indicating how many empty calories - http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/emptycalories_count_table.html
Top 10 foods highest in calories - http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/highest-calorie-foods.php
Assignment: Post on Google Classroom under Favorite foods some of your favorite foods you currently eat and how many calories, fat and saturated fat they contain. Are you surprised? Do you think you'll continue to eat them as much as you used to? Check out your peers' posts and comment on at least two of their posts as well.
Step 3: Read the following links about how to make healthy meal choices:
Tips for planning a healthy diet - http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm
Building a healthy plate, the five food groups and ideas for healthy good choices in each - http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/
Eight Healthy Eating Goals and other tips on how to eat healthier - http://www.fitness.gov/eat-healthy/how-to-eat-healthy/
Assignment: Create a video of yourself making a healthy meal. Have fun with this and be creative! Please upload it to Google Clasroom when you have completed it. Here is an example video below. Paula Deen's Southwestern Avocado and Black Bean Salad:
Step 4: How much and what foods should I be eating?
How much do I need to eat calculator - http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate/index.aspx
Daily food plans based on calorie level - http://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertracker-tools/daily-food-plans.html
Food intake suggestions - http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/downloads/MyPyramid_Food_Intake_Patterns.pdf
Healthy Meal Planner Nutritional Tool (input age, gender, physical activity level and you can create meal plans and track calories) - http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-tools-healthy-family/parents-interactive-meal-planner
Assignment: Create a healthy meal plan for one week, which includes three meals and two snacks a day for seven days. You will be creating the meal plan for yourself; take into consideration your age, weight, any food allergies, etc. You don't need to keep track of the exact amount of calories per day, but just keep in mind about how many calories you should be consuming and try to stay in that range. I've never been a calorie counter myself, but being informed about how many calories you should consume a day and knowing about how many calories your food contains can help you stay on track. Create your meal plan in a word document or spreadsheet and submit in Google Classroom when you are done.
Evaluation
You will be evaluated based on the following rubric:
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CATEGORY |
Excellent |
Good |
Fair |
Not Complete/Poor |
Value |
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Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar |
One or fewer errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the report. (9-10) |
Two or three errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the report. (8) |
Four errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the report. (7) |
More than 4 errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the report. (0-6) |
10 |
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Participation |
Was actively involved in Google Classroom, making several comments on classmates' posts. (18-20) |
Was somewhat involved in Google Classroom, making a couple of comments on classmates' posts. (14-17) |
Was not very involved in Google Classroom, making only one comment on classmates' posts. (10-13) |
Was not involved in Google Classroom, making no comments on classmates' posts. (0-10) |
20 |
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Blog Assignments |
Both blog assignments were posted in our class blog and contained all the requested information. (18-20) |
Both blog assignments were posted in our class blog but didn't contain all the requested information. (14-17) |
Both blog assignments were not posted in our class blog and didn't contain all the requested information. (10-13) |
No blog assignments were posted in our class blog. (0-10) |
20 |
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Video assignment |
Video assignment was completed, great quality, followed guidelines, used creativity. (9-10) |
Video assignment completed, quality was oaky, somewhat creative. (8) |
Video assignment completed but poor quality, not creative. (6-7) |
Video assignment not completed. (0-5) |
10 |
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Meal Plan |
Final meal plan contains three meals and two snacks a day for seven days. All food choices are healthy and represent something the student would eat themselves, also taking into consideration their height and weight. (25-30) |
Final meal plan contains close to three meals and two snacks a day for seven days. Most food choices are healthy and represent something the student would eat themselves, also taking into consideration their height and weight. (21-24) |
Final meal plan contains close to three meals and two snacks a day for seven days. Many food choices are not healthy or don't represent something the student would eat themselves, or not taking into consideration their height and weight. (16-20) |
Final meal plan is not complete and does not contain many healthy food choices. (0-15) |
30 |
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Background Sources |
Several reputable background sources were used and cited correctly. Material is translated into student's own words. (9-10) |
A few reputable background sources are used and cited correctly. Material is translated into student\'s own words. (8) |
A few background sources are used and cited correctly, but some are not reputable sources. Material is translated into student's own words. (6-7) |
Material is directly copied rather than put into students own words and/or background sources are cited incorrectly. (0-6) |
10 |
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Total |
100 |
Conclusion
Great job creating your healthy meal plans! I hope you enjoyed your journey and you'll be able to take the information you learned with you and apply it in your everyday lives. You should be able to use the meal plan you've created and integrate it at home. Would your family be open to trying some of these new meals you've designed? This may be a good opportunity to get everyone in your family to cook together as well as spend some time together making and eating healthy meals. By making these healthy choices you'll reward yourself by feeling better and most likely look better as well!
Credits
The following websites were referenced in this WebQuest:
Christine S., an education student at SNHU.
http://www.fitness.gov/eat-healthy/why-is-it-important/
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/healthy-eating-teens.aspx
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/take_charge.htm
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/weight-management-calories/calories/empty-calories.html
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/emptycalories_count_table.html
http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/highest-calorie-foods.php
http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/
http://www.fitness.gov/eat-healthy/how-to-eat-healthy/
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate/index.aspx
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertracker-tools/daily-food-plans.html
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/downloads/MyPyramid_Food_Intake_Patterns.pdf
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-tools-healthy-family/parents-interactive-meal-planner
Paula Deen's Southwestern Avocado and Black Bean salad: http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/southwestern_avocado_and_black_bean_salad/