8 th Grade Nutrition Project

1. 8th Grade Nutrition Project Meal Planning for Vacation

2. Scenario • You are driving down to Florida for your vacation at a beach house. On the way down to Florida, you have to eat at a restaurant for all 3 meals-breakfast, lunch, and dinner. • After you arrive in Florida, you will go shopping at a grocery store and make your own meals at the beach house to save money.

3. Performance Task • Your task is to choose between restaurant menus to choose 3 meals for Day 1. • Then you will list the 3 meals you would make for Day 2. • You also need to write 1 paragraph listing 3-4 “healthy” snacks that you could eat on the car ride down and WHY they are healthy. **The combined meals for each day should meet the healthy standards discussed in health class.

4. What you record • For each food you’re going to eat, you need to record the following 5 things: • 1. Calories • 2. Fat grams • 3. Protein grams • 4. Carbohydrates • 5. Answer is it an empty calorie food or nutrient dense food & why

5. Performance Task Cont. • After you have developed your 2 days of meals, you need to write 1 paragraph for each day answering the question “How do the meals for this day meet the healthy standards?” (Calories, Fat Grams, Protein, Carbs, Vitamins, & Minerals)

6. Additional Questions Instructions, pick 2 out of the 3 questions to answer. Please answer each question with a paragraph. • How would your 2 days meal plan change if you were going to Florida to play in a soccer tournament all day? • How would your 2 days meal plan change if you were laying out in the sun to get tan all day? • How would your 2 days meal plan change if you were going to Disney World for the day?

7. Restaurant Menus Click on the above links to see the restaurant menu. If you’d like to use a different restaurant than listed above, feel free to google the restaurant name + menu. • McDonald’s • Taco Bell • Subway • Burger King • KFC • Chick-fil-A • Buffalo Wild Wings • Applebee's • Olive Garden • Red Lobster • Outback • Popeyes • Steak-N-Shake • Panda Express • Chevy’s • The Cheesecake Factory You can look up nutritional values at http://www.nutritionix.com/restaurants or http://www.dietfacts.com/fastfood.asp

8. Day 2 Nutrition Facts • Click on http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts • Type in search box what food you want to eat & hit “Search” • When the next page comes up scroll down and click on the food that most represents what you are going to eat • Record the nutrition facts & answer is it nutrient dense or an empty calorie food?

9. Uploading Documents to Mr. Houchins' Dropbox • How to upload your document. Title your document with your first & last name and hour. For example: jeremyhouchins3rdhour.doc • Click on link below for a video to walk you through how to upload your document to my folder. • http://bit.ly/ZaO6iO