Name:________________ Date:_____ Period:______
Vitamin/Mineral WebQuest
1) Go to:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/vitamins_minerals.html.
Read section “What are vitamins and minerals?”
What are vitamins? (in your own words)-
What are minerals? (in your own words)-
2) Click on the Vitamin Chart or Mineral Chart to find your assigned Vitamin or
Mineral.
Name and Type: ________________________________________
Benefits: ______________________________________________
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Sources:_______________________________________________
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Quantity:______________________________________________
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3) Go to http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/vitamins/ and find the
fact sheet for your vitamin or mineral.
Intakes and Status:______________________________________
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Deficiency:_____________________________________________
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Groups at Risk for Vitamin/Mineral Inadequacy:_______________
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Vitamin/Mineral and Health:______________________________
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ANY OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: (INCLUDE AT LEAST 1 INTERESTING FACT)
4) Debate as to why your vitamin/mineral is the most important mineral over
others.
Directions: Include the Name and Type, Benefits, Sources, and Quantity, Intakes and Status,
Deficiency, Groups at Risk for Vitamin/Mineral Inadequacy, Vitamin/Mineral and Health, and
an Interesting Fact. See Rubric below for more specific information.
Criteria
Advanced (100%)
Name and Type
Identified name and
type of
Vitamin/Mineral.
(1pt)
Benefits, Sources, and
Quantity
Debate: Why
vitamin/mineral is
MORE important than
other
vitamins/minerals.
(3pts).
Neatness/Creativity
/Organization
(1 pt)
Developing (40%)
Unacceptable (0%)
Did not identify
name and type of
Vitamin/ Mineral.
Identified at least 3
benefits, 3 sources,
and the quantity of
Vitamin/Mineral.
Only identified 2
benefits, or 2
sources, or unclear
quantity of
Vitamin/Mineral.
Only identified 1
benefit, or 1 source,
or missing the
quantity of
Vitamin/Mineral.
Did not identify
benefits, sources, or
quantity of
Vitamin/Mineral.
Identified complete
answer for 5/5
components.
Identified complete
answer for 4/5
components
Identified answer
for 3/5 components
Identified 2 or less
of the 5
components.
Student produced a
strong statement as
to why his/her
vitamin/mineral the
most important.
Student produced
an acceptable
statement as to why
his/her
vitamin/mineral the
most important.
Student produced a
weak statement as
to why his/her
vitamin/mineral the
most important.
Student produced
no statement as to
why his/her
vitamin/mineral the
most important.
The student
produced a
poster/mobile that
was easy to read
and understand,
had color, neat
handwriting, and
less than 2
grammatical errors.
The student
produced a
poster/mobile that
was mostly easy to
read and
understand, had
little color,
handwriting that
was unclear, or 3 to
5 grammatical
errors.
The student
produced a
poster/mobile that
was not easy to
read and
understand, had no
color, handwriting
that was very
difficult to
understand, or had
more than 5
grammatical errors.
The student did not
produce a
poster/mobile.
(5pts.)
1) Intakes and Status 2)
Deficiency 3) Groups at
Risk for
Vitamin/Mineral
Inadequacy 4)
Vitamin/Mineral and
Health 5) Interesting
Fact
(5pts.)
Proficient
(70%)
TOTAL (of 15 pts.)
COMMENTS