My Food Pyramid

[pat conlan]

Description:
Ms Conlan’s seventh grade class learned how to plan their meals properly. I realized that students are unaware of the nutritional value of their diets. They researched the New Food Pyramid on the US government site and created a Healthy Diet using an interactive menu planner on NIH site (National Institute of Health). They had to calculate calories and balance out the kinds of food needed daily.

Grade levels
Grades 5 – 8

Subjects covered
Science, Math, Health, Technology, Literacy

Standards
*Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making:
collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
*Research and Information Fluency:
locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.

Technologies used
Interactive White Board, Laptops, Internet Access, Word Processing, Podcasting, Blog/Ning

Procedures
*Use the Interactive white board to test their daily diets on Blast Off
*Do research on My Food Pyramid website to find out what a proper diet should consists of and National Institute of Health
*Customize their food plan
*Create a Healthy Diet using an interactive menu planner on NIH site (National Institute of Health)
*Use the interactive white board to illustrate how to use the menu planner
*Check their new daily diet on Blast Off
*Post menus on the web
*Deliver their menus through a Podcast
*Use a ning as a discussion forum on Healthy eating

Resources needed
Interactive White Board
Laptop
Podcasting software
Flash Player 7 or Higher
Internet Access
*My Food Pyramid
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
*Customize food plan
http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx
*Blast Off
http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html
*National Institute of Health
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/
*NIH - About the Interactive Menu Planner
http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/menuplanner/menu.cgi