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Lesson Idea Name: Nutrition Project

Content Area: Nutrition Health My Plate
Grade Level(s): 8th - 12th grade
Content Standard Addressed:
Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to
enhance health.
Technology Standard Addressed:
3a-Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their
intellectual or creative pursuits.
Selected Technology Tool: Adobe Spark

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

☐ Remembering ☐ Understanding ☒ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☐ Level 3: Infusion ☒ Level 4: Integration
☐ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

Create a transcript for the auditory portion of the finished project to let students get a chance to see an
example of what to do.
Slide 3: The amount of fruits you need to eat depends on age, sex and level of physical activity. The amount
each person needs can vary between 1 and 2 cups each day.
Slide 4: The amount of vegetables each person needs can vary between 1 and 3 cups each day.
Slide 5: The amount of grain foods each person needs can vary between 3 and 8 ounce-equivalents each day –
at least half of the grains you eat should be whole grains.
Slide 6: The amount of protein foods each person needs can vary between 2 and 6 ½ ounce-equivalents each
day.
Slide 7: The amount of dairy foods each person needs can vary between 2 and 3 cups each day.

Lesson idea implementation:

When addressing the standards, students are to go out on the internet to access valid information about
nutrition to create their own product. The teacher will show the students an example of what the students
are going to be doing for the lesson. The project will be introduced in the beginning, then the teacher will
show their example of the finished product, so students are able to see what the end product should look
something like. The teacher will turn it over to the students to start looking for information over this project
that they will be completing. This will take a whole class period, and either be assigned as homework to finish,
or by the second time meeting in class it needs to be done. This will depend on how far the students get
during the first-class period.
Student learning will be assessed through their finished product, and the information that is presented within
it. The final product will be used to inform student learning by creating their own product and giving them the
chance to create it however they want. Students will have to find use their sex and age to find their daily
recommendations for each food group. Students will use the audio to explain how much of the daily amount
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from each group that they need. An extension to student learning could be to give students a project for a
week to try to incorporate these daily recommendations from each group into their daily lives. Then they
would take a picture of their food and discuss over audio what they ate and how much (servings). By having
the students present their project to the class, the lesson would be concluded. Providing feedback to students
after they have presented is important. Peers will have the opportunity to provide feedback through a
collaborative sheet that is sent strictly to the teachers and nobody else can see the answers. The teacher will
provide questions regarding the projects and the peers will have to provide feedback for each person and
submit it. Then, the teacher will provide the students with feedback on their final product based on the rubric
guidelines.
Reflective Practice:
I feel that students have the opportunity to become creative using Adobe Spark. They have freedom to create
their presentation in any way that they come up with. Students are instructed to go out and find information
that is valid, so it helps them to practice finding information that is specific to their age and sex. To further
extend this lesson, students would be to try to incorporate these daily recommendations for each food group
and take pictures of each meal that they do it. However, if they were not able to get those daily
recommendations, take pictures of what they ate and explain why they chose what they did. They could have
an app that journals or keeps up with their food, the servings, the time eaten, etc. This could help students
stay organized and since most students use technology, they can easily access this app.

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