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Introduction
Nutrition is a very important issue in the health of any individual. Unfortunately, too many American children do not receive the proper nutrients needed to be healthy. As a writer for a newsletter for the Nutrition for Children Association, you hope to help correct this situation. After completing this webquest and learning about the nutrients, food pyramid, and dietary guidelines, you will write a newsletter that will be sent to the homes of many American adolescents.
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Task
Follow the process below and gather information to answer questions on the worksheet that your teacher has given to you. Once you have gathered the information, you will write a newsletter that has two articles and a sample menu for an average 11-13 year old. Remember this newsletter will be for parents and kids.
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Process
Get the worksheet from your teacher and read all the questions that you are to answer before you begin the webquest.
First you are going to learn about Nutrients.
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How much should you eat? |
Now you are going to study the Food Guide Pyramid.
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Take a look at this Interactive Food Guide Pyramid. Read it carefully. |
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Take this "Quiz" and be sure to record your score on your worksheet. |
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Water is also an important part of your diet. |
Finally lets look at the dietary guidelines.
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Read this article on good nutrition for your teen years. |
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Health problems can also be traced to poor diets. |
Now you are ready to plan your sample menu. The menu needs to involve all three meals and any snacks for an adolescent for an entire day. The links below may help:
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Newsletter.
You are now ready to start working on your
newsletter. Remember that your task is to write two articles that will
help American adolescents understand that nutrition is a very important issue
in the health of any
individual. As a writer for a newsletter for
the Nutrition for Children Association, you hope to help correct this
situation. You will write a newsletter
that will be sent to the homes of many American adolescents.
Write the rough copies of your articles on your paper. Remember
that all good articles answer the questions who, what, where, when and
why. Have someone edit your rough copy for you and then you are
ready to start the real final copy of your newsletter. Click here to begin the final copy.
Clipart for the Newsletter can be found here.
DO NOT SEARCH - you can get all the pictures you need by clicking on
the links from this page.
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Evaluation
Your newsletter will be evaluated based on the
following:
Do your articles have a clear purpose and show
that you understand the topic you have chosen to write about?
Did you include supporting details in the article
to help the reader understand how important good nutrition is?
Do your articles include words and facts that
make it interesting for your readers?
Did you include headlines that capture the
reader's attention and that reflect the content?
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Conclusion
Hopefully through all of this you will realize the importance of nutrition in your daily life. Think about how and what you eat. Is it time for you to make a change? Live a long and healthy life!
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After you have completed the Newsletter and question sheet, you may click here and have fun!
