WEBQUEST: School Lunch

Arturo Toscanini 145

Submitted by

Adrina Durant

Introduction

Many eighth grade students do not eat school lunch. They tend to stand on line to grab the dessert or fruit provided and the milk, but throw the meal in the garbage without hesitation. These students often do not eat breakfast before they come to school, and opt to wait until they are dismissed from school to purchase something to eat. Meanwhile, on a daily basis there is an abundance of food being wasted and the lunch staff has become frustrated.

Task

As a team of supervisors you will have to encourage these eighth grade students to eat their lunch, and stop throwing it away. You will work in groups to research nutrition, develop a survey, design a menu, and write a letter that will encourage the eighth grade students to eat school lunch.

Process

Each team of four supervisors will be assigned to satisfy one of the tasks.

1. Team number one will research nutrition- the four basic food groups.

http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/

2. Team number two will design a survey that will a gather information about the

types of food the students like to eat. Students will also present information from

their survey and present it as a chart or graph.

http:// www.opinionpower.com/startsurvey.html

3. Team number three will design a nutrition five day lunch menu that will satisfy

the five basic food groups and will appease the students appetite.

4. Team number four will write a letter to the students that will mention the pros of

consuming a nutritious well-balanced meal.

Resources

1 World Book 1997, Multimedia Encyclopedia

2 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

3 Woman’s Day fall issue

4 http://health.aol.thrive online.oxygen.com/eats/pyramid/index.html

Evaluation

The teacher will assess each team using three levels of standards:

1 Below standard

2 Reaching the standard

3 Meeting the standard

Group #1

Below the standard

·Mention the food groups

·Basic information about nutrition

·Report unorganized and not well written

Reaching the standard

·Mention the food groups and provide examples of each type

·Detailed information about nutrition

·Report is organized but lacks some consistency

Meeting the standard

·Report includes the importance of a nutritious meal and provide examples of each type

·Detailed information about nutrition

·Report organized, information consistent, and report typed.

Group #2

The levels of the standards will be based on the development of survey, and the

Presentation of the chart or graph that will show the survey results.

Group #3

Below the standard

·Menu neglects to include the five basic Food groups

·Menu not typed

·Cover sheet lacks creativity

Reaching the standard

·Menu includes most of the five basic good groups

·Not typed but handwritten well; nice and neatly

·Cover sheet shows some creativity

Meeting the standard

·Menu includes all the basic food groups

·Typed

·Cover sheet very creativity and appealing

Group #4

Students will be graded based on how well the letter is written or typed.

Students will also be graded on how well they provided the pros to consuming a nutritious meal.

Conclusion

At the end of this webquest students should be able to understand the importance of eating a well balanced meal. Students will have learned how to write a survey and transfer that information into a chart or graph as a visual aid. Students will also have learned how to research information and use different resources to enhance their reports.