A Web Quest for High School Students

Food Guide Pyramid - Eating Right! 

 

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Resources

 

Introduction What is the Food Guide Pyramid? 

The Pyramid is an outline of what to eat each day based on the Dietary Guidelines. It's not a rigid prescription, but a general guide that lets you choose a healthful diet that's right for you. The Pyramid suggests eating a variety of foods to get the nutrients you need and also the right amount of calories to maintain or improve your weight. 

 

The purpose of this web page is to help students learn about the pyramid, form healthy eating habits, categorize foods into proper food groups, learn about cultural variations of the pyramid, and plan meals based on the pyramid.  

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The Main Task

As a group you will plan a day's menu based on Food Guide Pyramid for the "International Day". The recipes should be from a foreign country and should fulfill nutrition requirements as well. Your menu should include a breakfast meal, lunch and dinner. It should include both snacks as well as main dishes. 

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The Process

Arrange yourselves in groups of four.  Each student in the group would pair up with another student and take the responsibility to accomplish one of the last two sub tasks listed below.  All students in the group would have to fulfill the first two sub tasks and document their work. Students will be allowed two class periods to do initial research and take online quizzes.  Your group should compile your work to fulfill The Main Task mentioned above.

To accomplish the above said task, your group has to go through a structured process as described below:

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Evaluation

Your work will be assessed on both group and individual performance.  The grade will be determined by the evaluation of all the four sub tasks. The following evaluation process would help you to assess your work:

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Conclusion

By now you would have understood the importance of Food guide Pyramid and its flexibility. You can now relate good health to eating right and exercising regularly. Following the Food Pyramid would reduce the risk of many fatal diseases such as diabetes, heart attack, cholesterol and even cancer. Food Guide Pyramid is global, serves to the nutrional requirements of all cultures and is meant for all age groups.

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Resources These resources are mandatory but should not be limited to when doing your research work. Enhance and support your study with more resources which could be books or web sites and document them wherever they are used.  

 

References 

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Credits 

Thanks to the developers of  following sites that helped me complete my project.  The following links were purposely not linked to avoid distraction from this site:

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