Super Size Me Project
Go to the following website: www.choosemyplate.gov
Follow the directions below:
1. Click on Get a Personalized Plan enter the information that is required then hit submit.
2. I then want you to PRINT your PYRAMID PLAN.
Directions: I want you to pretend that you are ordering fast food from any restaurant of your choice. You are going to write down what you would order. You will do this for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. Write down honestly what you would order if you were to eat at that restaurant in the space provided below. You will then write down how many calories and how many grams of fat are in each item. Once you are finished calculate the totals of each meal or snack.
RESTAURANT FOOD ITEM CALORIES GRAMS OF FAT
BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER
Library Resources
Gale Student Resource Center Junior
Research
Directions: Using the schools data base find one research article related to fast food and diet or fast food and nutrition. After you find your article, you must read the article and answer the following questions. You do not need to print the article however you must cite the source in which it come from.
1. Summarize in your own words the main idea of the article. (It must be at least five sentences)
2. List 3 main facts or ideas the author was trying to get across in the article?
3. what was your opinion of the article? Do you agree or disagree with it why or why not?
Library Resources
Gale Student Resource Center Junior
EBSCO General Science Collection
eLibrary Science
Gale Health Reference Center Academic
Science Reference Center
Proquest K12
Online Catalog
Gale Health Reference Center Academic
Science Reference Center
Proquest K12
Online Catalog
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