PROJECT INTRODUCTION

For the first 15-30 minutes, students are to break up into groups of 2 or 3 and brainstorm 4 to 7 possible questions they would like to create websites on. The teacher must approve one or more questions  before students are to begin working. Questions should be related to Nutrition, Obesity, the role culture plays in nutrition or obesity or questions can be a combination of both. For example: Can the basic Dominican diet of plantains, yucca, cheese, meat, rice and beans satisfy a person's daily nutritional requirements as it is  adapted within the United States culture? Are there elements in the Panamanian diet, as it is  adapted within the United States culture, that contribute to obesity? Are white Hispanics more prone to obesity than non-white Hispanics? Each group should select only one question and with your group create several activities related to your question.

COOPERATIVE GROUP PROJECT

Groups should create websites or presentations on research questions developed from this site. Below you will find several activities your group websites should include.  If your group has 2 students, then  pick 5 activities  from the list below, if your group has 3 students, then pick 6 activities from the list below. All group websites must have a quiz. Every student in the group must create an activity. The Activities Page will assist you in creating your own sites. Many of these sites will help you create your activities online.

Activities List

• Vocabulary Presentation (Click here for the PowerPoint Show or PowerPoint Presentation {Right-click on the link and select Save Target As.. to download to your computer}

• Crossword puzzle

• Activity page (Team Nutrition page example, must have Acrobat reader to view) Click here for more examples.

• Word Search

• Word Scramble (see usda.gov site example)

• A Quiz (right-click and select open in new window) in Powerpoint or online on your topic

• A Poll relating to your research

PROJECT CHECKLIST

Projects must contain or must have followed these steps BEFORE SUBMITTING:

• An index page with the focus question of the website on it.

• A webliography page with all sources on it. Use the APA format from the Citation Machine

• Five or six activities, with one or two descriptive paragraphs and web links related to the activities

• All websites must contain a quiz with at least 5 questions.

• All web links must contain a description of the link and must be included on the webliography page.

• Test all your links to make sure they work.

• Try your website on another computer to make sure it works, before submitting it.

You may use any of the links below or any others from the site to assist you in the development of your group website.

http://cspinet.org/smartmouth/ Smart mouth.org site: fascinating and information site, contains facts on foods, calorie & saturated fat counter, articles, recipes and video clips on health & nutrition.(Show these videos on health first as a motivator.)Appropriate for junior high to adults.

http://brainpop.com BrainPop movies on many subjects, I like to show the ones on Nutrition and Body Weight. Be judicious on using them since they only allow you to view to two free movies a day. You can get around this by using more than one computer with different IP addresses, if you don't understand this your better off just watching the two free movies per day. Appropriate for junior high.

http://cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Understanding the nutrition facts label: contains information and video. (Use this with students. Should be second or third activity in lesson.) Appropriate for junior high to adults.

http://5aday.org/html/educators/curricula.php Curricula for teachers to use. For younger students, although you can adapt it for older students as well.

http://arborcom.com/searchc.htm#NUTRITION SEARCHING One of the most extensive links on nutrition information and nutrition home pages. A must see. Appropriate for adults.

EVALUATION

After groups have completed their websites, making sure they followed the Project Checklist guidelines, using the Website Rubric(Right-click on the link and select Save Target As.. to download to your computer) you will grade the other group projects. Groups will present their websites to the rest of the class. Before groups present, open up Excel and setup a spreadsheet with the project names, each title heading from the Website Rubric. The last row is for comments which you should write as to why you gave a group the grade that you did. You should write at least two sentences to justify the grade(See below for an example.) You will be receiving two grades, one from me and one from each other. For this reason you should pay attention to each others presentations. This assignment is to be done individually.

SPREADSHEET EXAMPLE OF STUDENT EVALUATION OF GROUPS

Click on the bouncing bananas to return to the NutritionQuest Index