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Topic: Nutrition

Grade Level: 5th

District Health Standard: Use food labels to make healthful food choices

Lesson Summary: Students go on a virtual field trip and record the calories consumed during breakfast, lunch, and dinner at various fast food restaurants.  They then add up the total amount of calories consumed and return to web sites to choose more healthful meals based on caloric needs and nutritional requirements.

Textbook Connections: McGraw-Hill Health on the Web, Chapter 5, pp. 112-142  
McGraw-Hill Web-Linked Activities

Materials: Scale and tape measure

Technology: Computer with internet access and printer

Instructional Input: 

1. Read “Sam’s Day Out” story. When finished reading, students will research the fast food web sites in the story to determine the number of fat grams as well as the number of calories for each of Sam’s food choices. Put this information on the worksheet for Sam’s Day Out.
2. Students will revisit the websites of each of the fast food restaurants listed in the story and choose healthy alternatives for Sam.  Students will record the number of fat grams as well as the number of calories for each healthy food alternative on the worksheet for Sam’s Day Out.
3. Work with a partner- use scale and tape measure to determine height and weight.
4. Calculate Ideal body weight and calorie Intake and record on worksheet.
5. Learn about food labels 
     Burger King?   McDonalds?  Taco Bell?   KFC?   Subway?  Pizza Hut?    
6. Choose a meal from one of the available fast food web sites and calculate the total number of calories.  
7. How many calories are in your meal? Subtract this number from the calories determined in step 4.
8. How many more calories can you consume today?

Computer Station

Use the WebQuest below to check out the calories from each meal and compare them 

WebQuest: 
Sam's Day Out

Word Documents:
Sam's Day Out

PDF Documents:
Sam's Day Out Worksheet

Websites:

McGraw Hill has an online activity for students:
Present an Oral Report on the Food Guide Pyramid

American Heart Association: Body Composition Test
http://www.americanheart.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/body.html  

Burger King
http://www.burgerking.com/nutrition/ntables.htm

Kentucky Fried Chicken
http://www.kentuckyfriedchicken.com/food/nutrition.asp  

Kid's Health: Figuring Out Labels
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/labels.html  

McDonald's
http://www.mcdonalds.com/countries/usa/food/nutrition_facts/index.html  

Pizza Hut
http://www.pizzahut.com/Menu/Nutrition/default.htm

Subway
http://www.subway.com/  

Taco Bell
http://www.tacobell.com/

West Virginia Dietetic Association: Health Calculators
http://www.wvda.org/calcs/

Authors: Jackie Bratt, Kathleen Avery, Brandi Biggs