NUTRITION WEBQUEST
8TH GRADE WELLNESS
NUTRITION AND ITS IMPORTANCE
• YOU WILL BE NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS WEBQUEST TO OBTAIN A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF NUTRITION. MORE SPECIFICALLY YOU WILL BE LEARNING
ABOUT NUTRITION FACTS AND THE RECOMMENDED NUTRITION GUIDELINES.
INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCESS
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
• TO COMPLETE THIS WEBQUEST, YOU WILL FOLLOW LINKS AND GO THROUGH A
PROCESS TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE FOODS THAT YOU EAT,
STARTING ON ROAD TRIP WHERE YOU HAVE TO EAT FAST FOOD. BY THE END OF
THIS PROCESS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DECIPHER BASIC NUTRITION INFORMATION
AND BE ABLE TO EDUCATE SOMEONE ELSE ON IT.
• FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND HAVE FUN!
• CLICK THE PICTURE ON EACH PAGE TO GET TO THE NEXT STEP!
TASK
OUR JOB IS TO COMPLETE A SPREADSHEET WORKSHEET, TAKE A QUICK QUIZ, AND
RESEARCH NUTRITION INFORMATION. THESE STEPS WILL BE PART OF YOUR REFLECTION, AS
YOUR END PRODUCT IS PROCESSING THE INFORMATION AND CREATING A
POWERPOINT SUMMARIZING NUTRITION AND OTHER FACTS THAT YOU LEARNED.
INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCESS
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
PROCESS
1. START WITH THIS ROAD TRIP SPREADSHEET (ONCE DOWNLOADED, EXPAND THE
SECOND ROW SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS)! USING THIS TRACKSTAR LINK, USE LINK
NUMBERS 1-12 TO FILL OUT THE "WHAT YOU'RE EATING" AND "WHAT IT CONTAINS" ON
THE SPREADSHEET. FOR THE "WHAT IT CONTAINS" SECTION, YOU NEED TO FIND THE
CALORIES, TOTAL FAT, SODIUM, AND PROTEIN FOR EACH MEAL THEN FILL THEM IN ON THE
SPREADSHEET. DO NOT FILL IN THE "IS IT HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY FOR YOU" SECTION.
INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCESS
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
2. BEFORE FILLING IN THE "IS IT HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY FOR YOU" SECTION, YOU NEED
TO CLICK ON TRACKSTAR LINK NUMBER 13 TO READ ABOUT FOOD LABEL
INFORMATION. NOTICE THE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL AND READ ABOUT CALORIES, TOTAL
FAT, SODIUM, AND PROTEIN. ONCE YOU'VE READ OVER THESE TOPICS, DECIDE IF EACH
FOOD ON THE SPREADSHEET IS HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY FOR YOU, BASED ON THESE
READINGS. TOTALS FOR WHAT YOU ATE ALL DAY WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE "WHAT IT CONTAINS" SECTION AND BASED ON THOSE TOTALS, AND ALL OF YOUR
"HEALTHY" OR "UNHEALTHY" MARKS, COME UP WITH AN OVERALL "HEALTHY" OR
"UNHEALTHY" FOR THE ENTIRE DAY; DID YOU EAT HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY THROUGHOUT
THE DAY?
PROCESS
3. AFTER YOU'VE FILLED OUT THE ENTIRE SPREADSHEET, SAVE IT. DO NOT
EMAIL IT TO ME UNTIL YOU'RE DONE WITH THE POWERPOINT IN STEP 6
(DON'T START STEP 6 UNTIL YOU DO STEPS 4 AND 5 FIRST).
INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCESS
4. ONCE YOU COMPLETE STEP 3, CLICK ON TRACKSTAR LINK NUMBER 14
FOR BRAINPOP. WATCH THE MOVIE AND TAKE THE QUIZ. BEFORE YOU
GET STARTED, CLICK "GRADED QUIZ," THEN "EMAIL YOUR RESULTS" WHEN
YOU'RE DONE. EMAIL THE RESULTS TO ME (THIS WILL BE A SEPARATE EMAIL
FROM THE REST OF THE PROJECT) THEN REVIEW YOUR ANSWERS TO THE
QUIZ SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GOT WRONG.
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
5. AT THIS POINT YOU CAN CLICK THE LAST LINK ON TRACKSTAR, THE
"CHOOSE MY PLATE" LINK. THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL GET INFORMATION
ON THE FOOD GROUPS. CLICK ON THE PLATE AND THEN EACH FOOD
GROUP. IN ADDITION, READ "HOW MUCH IS NEEDED" ON THE RIGHT, FOR
EACH GROUP.
PROCESS
INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCESS
6. LASTLY, YOU NEED TO CREATE A SHORT POWERPOINT REFLECTION ABOUT NUTRITION AND INCLUDE
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU LEARNED. YOU WILL NEED TO INCORPORATE SOME NUTRITION
INFORMATION, BRAINPOP FACTS, AND THE CHOOSE MY PLATE FOOD GROUPS. N OTHER WORDS,
TAKE WHAT YOU LEARNED AND LOOK AT THE ROAD TRIP EXCEL SPREAD SHEET AND THINK ABOUT HOW
YOU CAN APPLY THIS TO YOUR HEALTH. WERE THE CHOICES YOU MADE HEALTHY OR
UNHEALTHY BASED ON YOUR NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW. THEN,
EXPLAIN WHY YOU THINK THIS IS AND BE SURE TO INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE PROVIDED
AND ANY ADDITIONAL WEBSITES YOU RESEARCH. TO HELP WITH YOUR POWERPOINT, YOU MAY GO
BACK TO ANY OF THE TRACKSTAR WEBSITES AND CLICK ON ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THOSE WEBSITES,
ALONG WITH THE Q&A ON BRAINPOP FOR MORE INFORMATION. YOU MUST HAVE 6-10 SLIDES
MINIMUM AND DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE A REFERENCES SLIDE AND PICTURES!
ADDITIONAL SLIDES YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN YOUR POWERPOINT:
1. STRATEGIES ON HOW TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.
2. WAYS TO REDUCE AMOUNTS OF FATS CONSUMED.
EVALUATION
3. WHERE YOU COULD EAT INSTEAD OF FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.
CONCLUSION
4. DAILY RECOMMENDED VALUES FOR CALORIES, FATS, SODIUM, AND PROTEINS.
7. ONCE DONE WITH THE POWERPOINT, LOG IN TO EDMODO.COM AND SUBMIT THE ROAD TRIP
SPREADSHEET INCLUDED IN THE POWERPOINT. YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY EMAILED ME THE BRAINPOP
QUIZ RESULTS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EMAILS I SHOULD HAVE FROM YOU IS ONE.
8. PLAY THE NUTRITION GAMES ON THE BELOW WEBSITE UNTIL THE END OF CLASS!
VISIT: HTTP://WWW.NOURISHINTERACTIVE.COM/KIDS/HEALTHY-GAMES WEBSITE AND GAMES ARE
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH (*SELECT LANGUAGE AT TOP OF ANY WEB PAGE).
EVALUATION
You'll be evaluated on the completion of the steps in this webquest, the knowledge you gained from it, and the ability to understand directions.
Category
4
3
2
1
Road Trip
Spread Sheet
Information
completed and
accurate
70% of
information com
pleted and
accurate
50% of
information
completed and
accurate
Information is
incomplete and
inaccurate
TASK
Brain Pop Quiz
Completed,
90% correct
Completed,
70% correct
Completed,
50% correct
Incomplete
PROCESS
PowerPoint
Content
Thorough
understanding
of nutrition
Good
understanding
of nutrition
Ok
understanding
of nutrition
Didn't
understand
nutrition
PowerPoint
Quality
Correct spelling
and grammar
2-3 spelling and
grammar
mistakes
4-5 spelling and
grammar
mistakes
More than 5
spelling and
grammar
mistakes
Emailing
All parts
emailed to
teacher
Two parts
emailed to
teacher
One part
emailed to
teacher
Nothing emailed
to teacher
INTRODUCTION
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
Teacher
Evaluation
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCESS
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THIS WEBQUEST, YOU SHOULD HAVE A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING OF NUTRITION INCLUDING BASIC NUTRITION
INFORMATION, WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR YOU, AND THE FOOD
GROUPS. YOU SHOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN FIND NUTRITION
LABEL INFORMATION ONLINE, ON PACKAGES, AND THROUGH YOURSELF BY
UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE EATING AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT
YOU. DON'T FORGET THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE TO HELP STAY
HEALTHY!