Nutrition Webquest

Objective

Write a business letter to one (1) fast food restaurant explaining what you have learned about nutrition as it relates to the particular restaurant.

Lesson 1 - Learn About Nutrition

• Visit Cool Food Planet - complete "10 Tips for Kidz" worksheet 
• Click here to get "10 Tips for Kidz" worksheet

Close: In Word, write a summary of what your learned today. Save the file on your H: drive with the file name of "Nutrition Notes." This document will be used to help you write your business letter.

Lesson 2.  Learn about the New Food Pyramid

• Watch My Pyramid Nutrition video
• My Pyramid Blast Off" Game - Remember to print certificate.

For an extra copy of the Food Pyramid, click here - A Closer Look at My Pyramid

Close: Open up your "Nutrition Notes" file in Word and add a summary of what you learned today.

Lesson 3.  All About Fast Food Restaurants

Working as a group read, "Healthy Restaurant Eating"

          Click here for group instructions

Close: Open up your "Nutrition Notes" file in Word and add a summary of what you learned today.

For more information read the following Articles:

• Fast Food in '05
• Fast Foods While Dining Out
• Fast Food Eating
                  
• To learn how to read a food label, visit Food Labels

Lesson 4 - Building a Meal

1. Visit one Fast Food Restaurant's website. Click here for a choice of restaurants
2. On this site choose food items and build a meal you might order
3. Use the Meal Recording Sheet to record your meal
4. Open up Excel and create a spreadsheet of your data. Save the spreadsheet as "Restaurant Data"

Close: Email your LMS with your restaurant choice.

Lesson 5 -  Create a graph

1. Open up your "Restaurant Data" file in Excel
2. Total up each of the nutrient columns using the SUM Formula
3. Create a chart
   • Add a chart title and X and Y axis labels
   • Add a legend (Note: place legend at bottom of graph)
   • Place chart as a New Sheet
   • Change the chart's background color to white

Close: Open up your "Nutrition Notes" file. Compare and contrast the data on your chart to the recommended meal allowance for a 5th grader. Click here for the recommended allowances.

In class work: Complete a rough draft of a business letter to your restaurant using the data from your Chart and your Nutrition Notes. Click here for a list of restaurant addresses.

Lesson 6 - Finish Business Letter

1. Type up your business letter 
2. For required content, click here
3. Insert your graph from Excel into your business letter
4. Edit document
5. Print when done
6. Complete the "My Score" section of the Excel Rubric

 Click here for the Business Letter Rubric