Healthy eatingGrade 6 Personal WellnessB2 ID strategies for promoting nutrition and physical activity

Health Quest• On a word document or on loose leaf, head your page in HP

format. If you choose to answer on loose leaf you are responsible for keeping the sheet over two to three classes without loosing it. If you are saving to netbook, be sure to save in two places in case your netbook has to go for repairs you will have access to your work on a memory stick or U drive.

• You need headphones or set your volume very low.

1) Write down main idea of this message.• http://

www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/nutrition/pages/Positive-Food-Messages.aspx

2) What are the 4 food groups shown in this picture ?• http://

www.healthyalberta.com/Documents/Snacktivity_Box_Cards_Four_Food_Groups.pdf

• View the above link to help you spell the food groups correctly.

3)A) List 3 suggestions for healthy eating presented in this article.

• http://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/nutrition/pages/Eating-for-Good-Health.aspx

• 3) B) what are your favorite healthy snacks ? List at least 3.

4) Are energy drinks good for sports ? Support your answer, write at least 3 sentences.• http://

www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/aap-press-room-media-center/Pages/Energy-Drinks.aspx

• Listen to the above audio link.

POP QUIZ TIME !!• https://

www.mygradebook.com/secured/quiz_take.cfm?DEMO=Y&DEMO_TEACHER_ID=10177443&DEMO_QUIZ_UID=12EEFF12-3A8A-4D02-BED6-D7FEFCDAA198&DEMO_RETURN_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teachervision.fen.com%2Fnutrition%2Fquiz%2F9079.html

• Take the above on line quiz about healthy eating. Write #5 for question 5 on your loose leaf or word document. Record your quiz score.

6)How much of each food group should a teen eat daily ?• For your age and gender(sex) how many servings of each of

the following do you need daily ? • Find out from this link and record it on your page as an answer

to question #6.• http://

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/eating_well_bien_manger-eng.php

• How many servings a day ?Vegetable and fruit GrainMilk and alternativesMeat and alternatives

7) Play an interactive game. On your sheet record #7 and how many minutes you played the game.

• http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/healthy-games/24-my-plate-usda-five-food-groups-healthy-messages

• http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/healthy-games/6-kevins-build-a-meal-game-balanced-meals

• http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/healthy-games/10-bon-appetite-arcade-nutrition-fun

8)Why is water important to your health

?List 3 to 5 reasons.• http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/water.html• http://

www.dummies.com/how-to/content/why-your-body-needs-water.html

9)How much exercise is enough? • http://

www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/fitness/motivation_young.shtml

Final project• Once you have handed

in your page with quest answers on it ( and your name) , please choose 1 of the following final projects.

• 1) Create a recipe book with some of your favourite recipes. (at least 5)You can try this web site. http://kidshealth.org/parent/recipes/index.html

• 2) Plan a healthy menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for 5 days. Be sure to follow the number of servings of healthy food groups in the Canada food guide. Include a grocery list.

• 3)Prepare a power point of at least 8 slides to inform your classmates about healthy eating and importance of fitness.