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Students
write down their preferred food (Use the Nutrition
Lab as a guide) and the food they usually eat at home. From the results of the website: They record
the total calories and fat grams for each food item from that restaurant.
Students add up the total number of calories and fat grams that they
consume at their typical meal. Finally, they subtract their fast food calories and fat grams from the recommended calories and fat grams to find out how many calories and fat grams they have left to eat after eating a meal. |
This class will have to be done in a computer room with two student to a computer. The first website is given and students are informed how to enter the URL and how to arrive at the website. Food Quest: <A /ffq/index.html">http://www.cyberdiet.com /ffq/index.html Once most
students are done, they are given the second website: Nutrition Profile: http://www.cyberdiet.com/profile/profile.html Here, students enter their basic body information including weight, height, and age. They will then be given a recommended number of calories and fat grams that they should have per day. They record this data on their sheet |
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Lesson outcomes: Apply computer technology with applied knowledge with examining the nutrients in food and body type and discover why we need a balanced diet. |
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