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Fries With That? |
Created by Cheryl Phillips & Sue Siegel
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Fries With That? |
Created by Cheryl Phillips & Sue Siegel
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Introduction 4th-5th grade activities How well do you eat? How often do you hit the fast food joints? In this unit students will engage in several activities to learn about the importance of nutrition. They will compare meals from two fast food restaurants of their choice. They will use the Information Management System to search through cookbooks as well as other resources from the library and Internet. This will prepare them for creating some succulent menus. And students will try their hand at using the tools from Microsoft Excel to create charts from their collected data. A follow up activity will be taking a trip to KidsHealth Website to see if their meals are within the guidelines of how much fat their body should consume in a meal, day, week! Activity #1 - Fast Food Procedure: Step One:Where would you like to eat? There are plenty of choices below. Click on that restaurant's web site below. When you visit the site, it's time to order up lunch. Make sure it's as balanced as can be (remember, this is fast food, not a home cooked meal!) You'll want to include a sandwich, salad or other main dish, a side dish (French fries, etc), a drink. Dessert is optional, but if you pick a dessert from one place, you must pick a dessert from the other. For each item on your menu, record the total calories, calories from fat, and total fat on a separate sheet of paper. We'll also look at the different types of fat and figure out the percentage of fat from these meals. We'll be using this information later, so don't lose it! Step Two:Enter your data in an Excel spreadsheet. (See sample page) When you have finished your spreadsheet and charts, compare your meals to at least one other student. Record information about which restaurant they visited, what food they ate, and the nutritional content of that food. Who ate the most fat and calories?
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