WebQuest

A WebQuest for 2nd Graders learning about nutrition

Designed by Christa Pike

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Introduction

We have a problem!! Many of the children at our school have MUNCHING MANIA! Our Mushy Monster below has Munching Mania.

If you are like this Mushy Monster, you eat things like cookies, cakes, chocolates and chips. He rarely chooses healthy foods.

Instead you should eat things like bananas, apples, cheese and yogurt. This is how to cure Munching Mania.

Your job is to learn about healthy eating and then help the children at our school by curing Munching Mania!

You are going to be an expert author on healthy eating!! You are going to help our class create a book on how to cure Munching Mania. We are going to share our book with the kindergarteners and first graders at our school. When you share this class book with these children, you will be teaching them how to eat well balanced meals. Before you can do this you must decide if you are a healthy eater or not. You are going to:

* Graph your eating habits.

*LEARN about the food groups and balanced meals.

*Compare your eating habits to what you should be eating .

*Make changes to your diet .

*Create a page for a book that will teach other children how to eat a well balanced healthy meal.

JUMP RIGHT IN AND ENJOY!!!! THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO CURE MUNCHING MANIA AT OUR SCHOOL!!!

Process

DAY 1

1. You are going to be working in a group of five to learn about your eating habits. Do you have Munching Mania? How can we cure it?

2. Click on the blue words to get a Nutrition Tracker and print out one nutrition tracker for each child in your group.

3.Take them from the printer and give each member of your group a nutrition tracker. Each person needs to write down what they ate for their three meals and snacks from yesterday.

4. Mark on there what food group it came from.

5..Total up how many servings you had of each. If you are not sure which group your food is in LOOK HERE by clicking on the picture.

DAY 2

6. Next you are going to learn whether you are a HEALTHY EATER or have MUNCHING MANIA. Each member of your group is going to be an expert on one food group. The expert will learn:

WHAT FOODS ARE IN YOUR GROUP AND HOW MANY SERVINGS OF THOSE FOODS SHOULD YOU EAT?

The expert will click on the picture to find the information they need.

One group member will be the GRAIN GRAPHER. He/she will learn all about grains.

One group member will be the MEAT MEASURER and learn about the meat group .

One group member will be the FRUIT FINDER and learn about the fruit group .

One group member will be the VEGETABLE VERIFIER and learn about the vegetable group.

One group member will be the DAIRY DETECTIVE and learn about the dairy group .

EACH MEMBER SHOULD SHARE WHAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT THEIR FOOD GROUP WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS IN THE GROUP.

DAY 3

7. Now that you have five experts on the food groups, click on the piece of paper to get a direction sheet for how to complete the graph.

8. Print one out for your group.

9. Work with your group to create a graph showing how many servings of each food group that you had the other day. Use the data on the Nutrition Tracker for your graph.

GRAIN GRAPHER will graph the grains he/she ate. MEAT MEASURER will graph the meats he/she ate. FRUIT FINDER will graph the fruits he/she ate. VEGETABLE VERIFIER will graph the vegetables he/she ate. DAIRY DETECTIVE will graph the dairy products he/she ate.

10. Click here to go to Kids Graphs and use the graphing directions to complete the graph.

11. Compare what you ate to what you should've eaten. Each expert will write a sentence for their food group, on the bottom or the back of the graph that says:

I ate ___________ (grains, vegetables, fruits, meats or dairy). I should have eaten ________ (grains, vegetables, fruits, meats or dairy.)

DID YOUR GROUP HAVE MUNCHING MANIA OR ARE YOU HEALTHY EATERS?

DAY 4

12. Now that you are an expert and you know how to cure MUNCHING MANIA, we need to help others at our school. Your group needs to get a large piece of construction paper from your teacher.

13. Fold it into fourths.

14. Label the four squares: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks.

15. Your group needs to illustrate the four blocks with meals that will be a balanced diet for the day. Be sure you have the correct number of servings. You may use markers, crayons, magazine pictures or clipart from the computer to create the illustrations for the page in this book.

16. On your page you also need to write about the foods that you chose for your meals and how they are healthy. REMEMBER WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE CHILDREN AT OUR SCHOOL HEALTHY!!!!!

* If you need more information, you can click on one of the pictures.

grains meat fruits vegetables dairy

16. Turn your page for the book into your teacher.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You know how to cure MUNCHING MANIA!!! Next week we will be helping other children by sharing our book with them!!!!

Evaluation

Each group will be graded individually on what they contribute to the group. Below is a rubric showing how you will be graded.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Independent 3	Above and Beyond 4
Group Work	I worked with my group. I did few of the jobs I needed to do and I cooperated little of the time.	I worked well with my group. I did some of the jobs I needed to do and I cooperated some of the time.	I worked very well with my group. I did most of the jobs I needed to do and I cooperated most of the time.	I worked very well with my group. I did all the jobs I needed to do and I cooperated at ALL times.
Nutrition Tracker	I completed few parts of the nutrition tracker. I was very unclear about what I ate. Few of the foods were tallied in the correct food group.	I completed some parts of the nutrition tracker. I was not specific about what I ate. Some of the foods were tallied in the correct food group.	I completed most parts of the nutrition tracker. I was specific about what I ate. Most of the foods were tallied in the correct food group.	I completed ALL parts of the nutrition tracker. I was very specific about what I ate. ALL of the foods were tallied in the correct food group.
Illustrations from my page of the book	My illustrations included two of the following: they were neat, clear, organized and the correct number of servings were represented.	My illustrations included three of the following: they were neat, clear, organized and the correct number of servings were represented.	My illustrations included four of the following: they were neat, clear, organized and the correct number of servings were represented.	My illustrations were neat, clear, organized and the correct number of servings were represented.
Text on my page of the book.	The text on my page of the book included one of the following: There were at least 6 sentences, it was neat, easy to understand, and included information for each food groups.	The text on my page of the book included two of the following: There were at least 6 sentences, it was neat, easy to understand, and included information for each food groups.	The text on my page of the book included three of the following: There were at least 6 sentences, it was neat, easy to understand, and included information for each food groups.	The text on my page of the book included all of the following: There were at least 6 sentences, it was neat, easy to understand, and included information for each food groups.
Graph	The graph for my group was one of the following: neat, clear, complete and accurate.	The graph for my group was two of the following: neat, clear, complete and accurate.	The graph for my group was three of the following: neat, clear, complete and accurate.	The graph for my group was neat, clear, complete and accurate.

Conclusion

Awesome job, you are all FABULOUS FOOD FINDERS! You now have learned all about the four food groups and how to cure the MUNCHING MANIA!

Now that you can plan a balanced meal, I hope you will help yourself and your families to eat well balanced meals at home. You should be very proud of yourself for helping the younger children at our school learn about healthy eating !!!!

Credits & References

These are the websites used in the above webquest:

http://www.nutritionexplorations.com

http://www.nal.usda.gov

Other websites that enhance nutrition:

http://www.kidfood.org

http://www.moomilk.com

http://www.5adole.com

DIRECTIONS FOR KIDS GRAPH

Now you are ready to graph what your group ate yesterday!!! GREAT JOB!!!

1. First, one member of your group needs to type food groups in the box next to title.

2. Another group member needs to type food groups in the box next to x axis.

3. Another group member needs to type number of servings in the box next to y axis.

4. GRAIN GRAPHER- Next to bar1 type grains and in the value box type how many grains were on your nutrition tracker.

5. MEAT MEASURER- Next to bar2 type meat and in the value box type how many grains were on your nutrition tracker.

6. DAIRY DETECTIVE- Next to bar3 type dairy and in the value box type how many grains were on your nutrition tracker.

7. FRUIT FINDER- Next to bar 4 type fruits and in the value box type how many fruits were on your nutrition tracker.

8. VEGETABLE VERIFIER- Next to bar 5 type vegetables and in the value box type how many vegetables were on your nutrition tracker.

9. Go to and click on Create a printable graph.

10. Go click on file and scroll down to print.

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Last updated on August 1, 2003.

Introduction

Task

Process

Evaluation

Conclusion

Credits & References