Learning Objectives:
1) Practice using Excel - skills practiced: wrap text, landscape sheet, create / name new sheets, organize a table for data entry, practice basic formulas, insert graphs to reflect the data.
2) Become more self-aware of personal eating habits.
1) Save a new word document as: "Thinking about Health"
2) Complete the Web Quest. Use the websites listed below to answer the following questions on your Word document:
1) Healthy eat ing is…
2) I would describe my eating habits as...
3) The 6 food groups are…
4) My body needs protein because…
5) My body needs fruits and vegetables because…
6) My body needs grains because…
7) Obesity is…
8) I think America has a problem with obesity because… http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/stats-research/healthy-eating.aspx
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html
http://life.familyeducation.com/foods/nutrition/36595.html
http://obesityinamerica.org/understanding-obesity/ http://www.npr.org/2012/05/14/152667325/pounding-away-at-americas-obesity-epidemic
3) Take the survey at this website and record your results in your Web Quest document http://www.teen.com/2012/01/07/take-teen-surveys/food-favorite-snack-survey-for-teen/

Foods/drinks
Consumed
Cereal, bread, rice, pasta, grains
1) Create a new spreadsheet and folder titled "Food Journal."
2) Make sure you have 7 worksheets. Insert, Worksheet
2) Label your sheets:
- Example
- Friday
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Reflection
- Grade
3) Build a Data Table for the Monday - Thursday sheets. It should look similar to this:
Protein:meat, poultry, beans, eggs, nuts
Vegetables Fruit Dairy: Milk,
Yogurt,
Cheese
Fats, Oils,
Sugars,
Sweets
Breakfast
Snack?
Lunch
Snack?
Dinner
TOTALS
4) In the "Foods Consumed" column, list the foods and drinks you consumed throughout the day.
5) Give a numeric value to the types of foods you ate. Use numbers to quantify the serving size.
For example:
* If you eat 1 apple for a snack, the serving size should be listed as "1" in the fruit row.
* 1/2 cup of vegetables is 1 serving. If you ate about 2 cups of salad, the serving should be listed as 4.
* See the following websites to help you figure out serving sizes: www.supertracker.usda.gov
use the Food-A-Pedia http://web.mit.edu/athletics/sportsmedicine/wcrservings.html
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/foodsmarts/article3.html
6) Total your serving sizes. In the "Totals" row, write out the formula for SUM. Do this for every food group.
=SUM(select your column numbers)
Example food diary Day
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snack
Bowl of Apple Jacks with milk and sugar, 12 ounces chocolate milk, banana,
Three pieces of pepperoni pizza, a cheese breadstick, 12 ounce coke, a Twixt king size candy bar
Burger King Whopper, large order of fries, celery sticks, chocolate milkshake (large)
Bag of popcorn, box of whoppers

Example Food Journal Entry
Foods/drinks
Consumed
Cereal, bread, rice, pasta, grains
Protein: meat, poultry, beans, eggs, nuts
Breakfast Bowl of Apple
Jacks with milk and sugar, 12 ounces chocolate milk, banana,
Snack?
Lunch Three pieces of pepperoni pizza, a cheese breadstick, 12 ounce coke, a
Twixt king size candy bar
Snack? Bag of popcorn, box of whoppers
Dinner Burger King
Whopper, large order of fries, celery sticks, chocolate milkshake (large)
Vegetables Fruit Dairy: Milk,
Yogurt,
Cheese
Fats, Oils,
Sugars,
Sweets
TOTALS
7) Create a chart.
Select the "Food Groups" cells hold the Ctrl key down select the "Totals" cells
Let go of the Ctrl key
Insert - chart - pie chart
8) Describe how you physically felt. Answer the reflection questions 1-3:
1. Throughout the day I felt...
2. I feel good / do not feel good about the food that I ate because...
3. When compared to a healthy, balanced diet, my food consumption is...
9) Fill in your reflection sheet.
Find an image of the food plate on the internet and paste it into your reflections sheet.
Answer the following reflection questions:
10) Set up your grade sheet:
Points Possible Points Earned
Formulas are correct 5

There are 4 sheets with completed data tables, organized by food groups.
The reflection questions for each day were thoughtfully completed.
8
4
There is a graph/chart to reflect the data for each day. 4
The reflection sheet is complete. There is an image of the food pyramid and reflection questions 1-4 are thoughtfully answered.
5
The grade sheet is set up properly with correct formulas for sum and percentage.
Totals
4
Percent
=SUM( select the numbers above )
=( Points Earned cell / Points
Possible cell )
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=SUM( select the numbers above )