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TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL The School Lunch Menu Webquest Family and Consumer Science |
Are you really tired of
pizza every Friday and tacos on Tuesday? You have the chance to be a
cafeteria manager now! You are now in
charge of planning the cafeteria meals for two weeks!
You and your team will develop and plan cafeteria meal menus for 600 students, for a two-week period of time. You will take into account the nutritional value of the foods you select, the ease of preparation and cleanup, cost of the foods, and the wishes of the student body. You will use the nutrition guidelines of the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines to guide you. Each day's menu will be summarized in an organizational chart that you will create, print, and keep in a notebook for presentation purposes. Your next task is to convince the school corporation's cafeteria supervisor that your menu's are worth making, in a short oral presentation using two or three pages of PowerPoint.
Get a blank notebook and a team of four together. Turn on your creativity!
§ Interview students (randomly) to find out what some of their most favorite and least favorite foods are. Be sure to ask students from each grade level.
§ Interview someone from the cafeteria staff to estimate the number of students that eat school lunches, and inquire about the most and least popular foods currently served.
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STOP! Write a half-page report on your
findings. This will become the first page
in your notebook.
§ Brainstorm, then edit and put together menus for 10 day's worth of school lunches.
§ Evaluate the foods using the (USDA's) Dietary Guidelines.
o Eliminate any foods that would not meet the requirements of the Dietary Guidelines.
o Also eliminate any foods that are deep fried and foods that have no substantial nutrient value.
o Foods that are too expensive such as steak and shrimp cannot be considered!
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STOP! Write a half-page report
on your ideas and the limitations you will be working with. This will
become the second page in your notebook.
§ Write out your menus for ten days. Each lunch should include:
o Three areas of the Food Guide Pyramid.
o One drink: milk or fortified fruit juice or drink.
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STOP! Make a form for each day's menu, ten pages total. Use the format of your
choice. The form should include:
§ The approximate serving size.
§ A method of preparation that you think would work best.
§ The area(s) of the Food Guide Pyramid in which it represents.
§ Estimate the number of calories that the complete lunch would contain (if completely eaten).
§ You will then plan to present your suggestions to the cafeteria supervisor, complete with your nutritional information, to try to convince him/her to try your menus. Be prepared to explain and back-up your findings. You may be asked to present your menu to the school superintendent or your school's principal. How will you convince him/her as well?
§ STOP! Create a presentation in PowerPoint (two or three pages) to convince school officials to try your menus. Be sure to make a printed copy of your presentation to add to your notebook.
§ The class will be your "testing ground" as you give your convincing presentation to the class. This formal presentation and your notebook will be graded.
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Below are some resources that you may find useful. A brief description of each site is listed next to the link.
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- http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov
- http://www.ring.com/health/food/food.htm How to use the pyramid.
- http://www.familyfoodzone.com/ Check out healthy eating resources.
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html Article about foods that make good diet.
- http://www.sf.med.va.gov/Nutrition/pyramid.htm Click on area for detailed info about that section.
- http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
Nutrient value of foods (database USDA)
- http://www.olen.com/food Fast foods
- http://searchbug.com/health/diet.asp
Nutritional values from a national
nutritional data bank
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1/2 page interview results |
Complete and thorough. Good spelling and grammar. All grade levels are represented and cafeteria representative has been interviewed. |
Complete, but missing some components of the interviews. Spelling or grammar errors. |
The information on the page is not complete. Re-check the instructions to verify your work. |
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1/2 page menu ideas and limitations |
Complete and thorough. Good spelling and grammar. It is clear that you understand the guidelines |
Completed, but it is not clear that you have discussed the menus and the possible problems. |
Incomplete information, or confusing. Re-read the instructions for clarity. |
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10 pages of menu evaluations |
Each page is complete, with all of the components. Good spelling and grammar. |
Less than 10 pages are completed. There may be some spelling or grammar errors. |
Few pages are complete, not organized. Be sure to create the same information on each page. |
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2-3 pages, presentation to school official |
Your presentation is organized and well planned. It is also printed out and included in the notebook. Good spelling and grammar are used |
Presentation is incomplete or has organizational problems. There are spelling and grammar errors. |
Your presentation does not clearly represent the work you've |
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Organization and timeliness. |
Your project is turned in on time, and your group presentation was on time, and ready to present. |
Your project is turned in 1 day late or you have some items out of order in your notebook. |
Your notebook and presentation need some work. Make sure your notebook pages are in the correct order. Your project was turned in more than 1 day late. |
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As a result of this Webquest you have discovered what constitutes a good, healthy school lunch. You should also have an understanding of how difficult this may be, to meet all of the requirements and standards. More importantly, you have had the opportunity to "sell" yourself and your program to school officials and your classmates. Congratulations!
Last Updated March 2005 by Trisha Armstrong