My Plate Webquest
Overview
Assignment guiding students throught the my plate website and teaching them the different requirements for each
My Plate
My Plate Nutrition and Wellness
Nutrition Webquest Lesson Plan
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences
Audience/age group: Middle school
Unit: Nutrition
Lesson topic: My Plate
Lesson description: Research and answer questions over the different food groups and the recommendations
Time Frame: One 50 minute class period
Objective: Identify serving size and nutritional importance of the different food groups.
Prior Knowledge: Students will have a basic understanding of the different food groups. They will have a walk through of the website they are using to have a better understanding of how to navigate it.
Material required:
- Computer with internet
- Power point over food groups
- Web quest worksheet
Indiana Standards:
- FCS-MS 3.1 Nutrition: Evaluate nutrition choices and practices in a variety of settings, using reliable guidelines and sources of information, including;
- FCS-MS 3.1.1 • Dietary guidelines/MyPlate
- FCS-MS 3.1.2 • Comparing food intake to recommendations/ Serving/Portion Sizes
Lesson:
- Introduction (10 min)
- Teacher can pick question of choice for bell ringer
- teacher will go over slide show of the different food groups and what nutrition and benefits they each provide
- Activity:
- Students will complete the WebQuest by following the directions
- Questions:
- Why is fruit important?
- How many vegetables do you need?
- How many grains are needed daily?
- Why is it important to choose a variety of choices from the Protein Foods Group?
- Name a non dairy source
Reference list:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlPbMRm_n0Qw8pB4ZWYSDmUACIVF8yTv/view