Transcript Living a Healthy Life Style According to the Food Pyramid

Living a Healthy Lifestyle
According to the Food Pyramid
Jodi Hemingway
EDU 505
Professor Harrison Yang
March 2008
(Developed for a Fourth Grade Classroom – to go along with a thematic unit on
Personal Health; before this WebQuest students will have adequate previous
knowledge to be successful)
The Food Pyramid
betterkidcare.psu.edu/.../ChildFoodPyramid.html
Do you know how the Food Pyramid
can help you live a healthy lifestyle?
• Think about your breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and
exercise…
What the Food Pyramid Can do For
You…
• Help you control the
food you are eating.
• Tells you the serving size
of each food group you
should be eating.
• Helps you to understand
the importance of
exercise – sports and
recreation.
• Has six different sections
that are different sizes to
help you determine the
amount of food you
should be eating from
each food group.
• Helps you to make
healthy choices –
physically, mentally, and
emotionally.
Introduction
As a result of this WebQuest you will become a “Food Pyramid Expert” in order to help yourself live
a healthy lifestyle.
What is a Food Pyramid?
This is what KidsHealth.org tells us about the food pyramid:
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html
•“The Food Guide Pyramid is one way for people to understand how to eat
healthy. A rainbow of colored, vertical stripes represents the five food
groups plus fats and oils.”
•You will be learning about the food pyramid and how it personally affects the decisions
you make everyday.
•You will be learning about the five food groups, what foods belong to which group, how
exercise affects your daily abilities, and much more to help you make healthy decisions
and live a healthy lifestyle.
• There are various activities planned to help you understand the significance of the food
guide pyramid.
Tasks
In this WebQuest you will complete the following tasks:
• Task 1: MyPyramid Animation Video
• Task 2: Complete the MyPyramid Diagram
Worksheet while reading about The Food Pyramid
• Task 3: Play the MyPyramid Blast Off Game
• Task 4: Notes on the five food groups
• Task 5: Notes on sports and activities to help you
stay healthy
• Task 6: Health Tips
• Task 7: Food Group Riddles
• Task 8: Designing your own Food Pyramid
Process: Task 1
• Your first task is to watch the MyPyramid
Animation Video to learn about the new
food pyramid.
• Please click on the following link to access
the animation:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/global_nav/med
ia_animation-presentation_eng_pc.html
Process: Task 2
• You will be completing the MyPyramid Diagram
Worksheet that can be found at:
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_coloring.pdf
– You will need to print the worksheet and fill out the diagram
according to the food pyramid.
– Make sure you label the food groups and color the sections in,
write examples of food from each food group in the pyramid and
the suggested serving amount, and other important information that
will help you live a healthy lifestyle.
• To assist you in filling out the MyPyramid Diagram you
can read the information about the food pyramid at:
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC062710/food_pyramid.html
Process: Task 3
• Now that you have learned about the Food Pyramid and
the healthy foods that you should consume on a daily basis
you will be playing the MyPyramid Blast Off Game by
clicking on the following link:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html
– Click on “Launch Game” to begin playing the game.
– Your goal is to see how the decisions you make everyday about the
food you consume and the physical activity you do affects your life
and how it fits into MyPyramid.
Process: Task 4
• Now you will be taking notes about the five
food groups and which foods belong to each
food group in your health notebook by
clicking on the following link:
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/n
utrition-pyramid.asp
– Using the Interactive Pyramid, click on each
food group to learn more.
Process: Task 5
• You will be reading about and taking notes
on the importance of participating in sports
and other activities in order to live a healthy
lifestyle.
– Please click on the following link:
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC062710/sports.html
Process: Task 6
• Read Health Tips by clicking on the
following link:
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC062710/health_ti
ps.html
Process: Task 7
• After learning about the five food groups and what
foods are healthy for you to eat you will be
creating two Food Group Riddles to share with the
class.
– For food group examples click on the following link:
http://www.pocanticohills.org/nutrition/riddles.htm
– Make sure you only use the examples to guide your
individual thoughts because you must create two unique
food group riddles.
Process: Task 8
• You will be designing your own Food Guide Pyramid according to the
foods you like to eat that are healthy for you. You will also be
presenting your Food Pyramid to the class.
– Instructions: Using Google Image Search
http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi and Clip Art from
Microsoft Word you will be finding at least six different foods that belong
in each of the five food groups to include in your Food Pyramid along
with sports and physical activity that you enjoy.
– You will be using poster board, markers, scissors, glue, your notes,
images, and what you have learned today about the food pyramid to create
your own food pyramid to share with the class.
– Make sure you use all of the resources available to you and you may go
back to the websites you have accessed to help you create your food guide
pyramid.
Resources
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Food Pyramid Picture: betterkidcare.psu.edu/.../ChildFoodPyramid.html
The Food Pyramid information: www.tqnyc.org/NYC062710/food_pyramid.html
Introduction to food pyramid:
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html
MyPyramid Animation: http://www.mypyramid.gov/global_nav/media_animationpresentation_eng_pc.html
MyPyramid Diagram: http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_coloring.pdf
MyPyrmaid Blast Off Game: http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html
Interactive Food Pyramid: http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/nutritionpyramid.asp
Sports and Physical Activity: http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC062710/sports.html
Health Tips: http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC062710/health_tips.html
Food Group Riddles: http://www.pocanticohills.org/nutrition/riddles.htm
Image Search: http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Microsoft Word Clip Art
MyPyramid Game: http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/Tools/MyPyramid/
Evaluation
• You will be evaluated on the MyPyramid Diagram, Food Group
Riddles, and the Food Pyramid you create and present to the class.
– The MyPyramid Diagram will be evaluated by check plus, check, or check
minus. This is going to be evaluated according to the Check System
Evaluation Guide posted at the Grading Center.
– The Food Group Riddles you create will be evaluated according to a 10
point scoring system, with 5 points possible for each question. See the 10
Point Scoring System Rubric posted at the Grading Center.
– The Food Pyramid you create will have two grades, one grade for the
actual food pyramid you create and a second grade based on your
presentation to the class. Please see the Presentation Rubric and Project
Rubric posted at the Grading Center.
– You will also be able to fill out a Student Evaluation according to how you
feel you performed on each task. Please retrieve your student evaluation
form from the Grading Center.
Conclusion
Congratulations!
You are on your way to living a healthy lifestyle.
~ Now that you have learned about the Food Pyramid and the steps you
need to take on a daily basis to live a healthy lifestyle, let’s put your
knowledge to the test by playing a Food Pyramid Game!
* Click on the following link:
http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/Tools/MyPyramid/
* Then click on “Start Game” to play the MyPyramid Game.