Science -- Grade 7 -- Nutrition
Mastery Objective: Student will be able to evaluate and describe the effects of food on our bodies by creating a 5 day food menu.
Directions
Plan a 5 day menu of healthier lunches for the people who attend a soup kitchen.
You must create a lunch menu for a full week (5 days)
Each day must have:
- entree
- vegetable
- grain
- fruit/fruit juice
- milk or alternative
You must describe the nutritional value of each item
You must describe how each items impacts two or more body systems (how does it help the body)
You need to present your information to the class. The presentation should include the entire menu for the week and should invovle all group members. It can be in any format you desire (poster, web site, powerpoint, displayed)
Resources
Request for Proposal - NIH
Design-folio for Nuritional Menu Design RFP IS7-200 Step 2 worksheet
Design-folio for Nuritional Menu Design RFP IS7-200 Step 3 worksheet
Government Information - Food Pyramid
Menu Planner
Fitness Jumpsite: Calorie Counter
General Information
My Pyramid (you should begin here)
Nutrional Data (if you know your menu you can produce a nutrition label for your entire meal)
Epicurious
More Nutritional Stuff (excellent sites that has links to everything you will need)
On-line Grocery/Pricing
Net Grocer (will help with the nutrients in your food and the price)
Peapod (will help with the nutrients in your food and the price)
Example Menus/Planning
Menu concepts
Menu plans the easy way
MCPS Menus
Menu Formats (Examples)
Must Have Menus
Flair Menus