1. Student Lunch Ladies Day Off!
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A WebQuest for 4th Grade (Health)
Introduction
Task Designed
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Process Amy Bundy
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Conclusion
Teacher page
Credits Stepping towards
a healthier
school!

2. Student Introduction
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Introduction
Task
Oh no, all our school lunch ladies got stomach aches from
Process eating to much junk food and they have had to call in sick! It looks
Evaluation like you will have to fill in for them for the next few days.
Conclusion We have other students to cover the serving, your job will be
Teacher page planning the menu for the rest of the week. You and your group will
plan healthy school lunches for the next three days. Make sure not
Credits to have to junk food in your menu so the rest of the school doesn’t
get a stomach ache too!

3. Student The Task
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-Your group will develop 3 days of healthy school lunches and create a shopping list for
Top those meals.
Introduction -You all will collect your shopping lists and menus then create a PowerPoint to send to
the school cafeteria people to show them the healthy menus you have created.
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4. Student The Process
Page Day 1:
1. I will put you in groups of 3. Once you are in your groups arrange yourselves alphabetically. The
Top person whose name come first is group member 1, the person whose name comes next is
group member 2, and the person whose name is third is group member 3.
2. Person 1 will be responsible for choosing healthy drink options. Person 2 will be responsible for
Introduction choosing healthy side dishes, person 3 will be responsible for choosing healthy main courses.
3. At your individual computers visit the website http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/ and
Task spend about 5 minutes looking at items in each of the food groups.
4. Then go to http://www.fns.usda.gov/multimedia/Games/Blastoff/BlastOff_Game.html and play
Process the game to see if you can properly fuel your body for the day!
5. Begin searching these websites for healthy recipes for your section of the meal. Print this page
Evaluation School Menu Planning and remember to write down the name of each recipe and the
ingredients so you can add them to the final PowerPoint. Before you decide to add a recipe to
your menu, ask yourself: does it have fruits or vegetables, does it have a lot of sugar, could I
Conclusion find a healthier choice? You need to decide on one recipe for your part of the meal for each of
the three days. http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/r4hk.html
Teacher page http://www.bam.gov/sub_foodnutrition/cooltreats.html# http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/index.html
Credits Day 2:
1. Get into your groups at 1 computer.
2. Create a PowerPoint that shows the menu each day then the ingredient list for that day. (you
should have around 7 slides when done, 1 title page with everyone's name, 1 page for each
menu day, and 1 page for each days ingredients).
3. Person number1 will type the information, person 2 will add pictures, and person 3 will check the
presentation for grammar and spelling errors.
Day 3: Your group will present their presentation with each group member talking about the part of
the menu they were responsible for creating. Then we will email our presentations to our county
food and nutriition supervisor.

5. Student
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Top Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning Score
Group #_____ 4 3 2 1
Introduction Group
Member#____
Task
Completed Completed Worksheet was
Process Individual Grade: worksheet with 3 worksheet with
Worksheet was incomplete,
Completed print out with 3 incomplete, missing 3 or
healthy recipes some healthy missing 1 or 2
recipe titles and ingredients more recipe titles
Evaluation and ingredients recipes and recipe titles or or ingredients
listed ingredients ingredients
Conclusion
Teacher page All three recipes All three recipes Two recipes Only one recipe
Individual Grade: had more than included one included one included a fresh
TN Health Standard 5.1 use two fresh fruits or fresh fruit or fresh fruit or fruit or vegetable.
Credits tools as a guide for vegetables. vegetable. vegetable.
choosing a variety of
healthy foods.
Has a title page, Has a title page, Has a title page, Has only 1 menu
Group Grade: A menu page for A menu page for and 2 of the or ingredients
PowerPoint- Completed each day, and an each day, and an menu and pages.
with a title page, menu ingredient page ingredient page ingredient pages.
pages and ingredients for each day. for each day
pages. Plus it has added .
pictures, slide
transitions, or
special effects.
more

6. Student Conclusion
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-Way to go, you have learned how to look up healthy recipes for yourself and your
Top friends!
Introduction -Now we are going to share our menus with our schools nutrition supervisor. We are going to email our
PowerPoint from our class email account to foodsupervisior@ourcounty.org by adding our
Task presentations as attachments and then explain to her that we have been learning about healthy foods
and wanted to share our lunch menus with her as an idea for future lunch room menus.
Process
-For more information about healthy eating visit: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
Evaluation -For more food and nutrition games visit: http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids.php
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7. Student Teacher Page
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The students should have a basic understanding of the food pyramid and how to make healthy eating
Top choices.
Introduction
1. This quest will take three 50-60 minute class periods.
Task 2. The quest will require groups of 3.
3. On day 1 each student will need a computer (you may have to pre-reserve your schools
Process computer lab). On the second day they will need only 1 computer per group, on the 3 rd day they
will need a computer projector/smart board to present on.
4. If you have students who have very poor typing skills, you may need to make adjustments for the
Evaluation roles during the making of the presentation.
5. Here is the worksheet I used to have them collect there recipes and ingredients. I did not have
Conclusion them write the whole recipe (you may want to with older students). School Menu Planning
6. You will need to look on your counties website to find them name and contact information for your
Teacher page foods and nutrition supervisor.
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8. Student Credits
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Top Pictures: Food Pyramid Person in bed Medal
Introduction Links: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/
http://www.fns.usda.gov/multimedia/Games/Blastoff/BlastOff_Game.html
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/r4hk.html
Task http://www.bam.gov/sub_foodnutrition/cooltreats.html#
http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/index.html
Process http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids.php
Evaluation
Conclusion
Teacher page
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9. School Menu Planning
Name:__________________ Group member number:____
Student Recipe 1:
Name:____________________________
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Process Recipe 2:
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Evaluation Ingredients:____________________________ ____________________________
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Conclusion
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Recipe 3:
Name:____________________________
Ingredients:____________________________ ____________________________
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