School Lunches Inquiry Project
Driving Question:
Are the new healthier school lunches actually healthier? Are the healthy benefits worth the drop in students who do not eat lunches?
Grabber: Why Students Hate School Lunches
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/sunday-review/why-students-hate-school-lunches.html
Purpose:
Determine whether the old, or new school lunch is more beneficial.
Discover the nutritional information and benefits of both the old, and new school lunches.
Encourage consideration of opposing viewpoints regarding appropriate change for school lunches.
Culminating Activity Format:
The students will split off into two groups to support and defend the different sides of the argument. The two groups will research and form a strong argument for their side. Their research will include statistics and opinions from different sources. After all research is gathered, the students will participate in a debate, defending their side of the issue.
Rubric:
The students will be graded on their research that they gathered, their ability to debate, and their ability to answer questions on their argument.
Are New School Lunches Worth it? | ||
Criteria | Score | Points Possible |
Debate: Defended you’re position well. | 10 pts | |
Pre-Debate Information: Research done leading up to debate that can be used to defend your position. | 10 pts | |
General Information: Use of facts, statistics, and other information in debate to defend your position. | 10 pts | |
Persuasiveness: Use of benefits and why you’re position is correct in the debate. | 10 pts | |
Questions: Did you answer the questions required in your debate? | 10 pts | |
Citations: Did you properly cite all the sources you used to back your position and complete your research? | 10 pts | |
Group Work Ethic: Did you carry your portion of the work and work with your other group members well? | 10 pts | |
Total Pts Possible: 70 pts |