• Give an overview of nutrition before beginning the WebQuest
• If you have the resources, use hyperstudio or power point for students to present their informaiton
• At the conclusion of the project, put all of teh recipes together for a class cookbook
• provide hard copies of tables and worksheets instead of having the kids print each one
• I will consistently check each link for appropriate material, however, I would strongly suggest double checking each site before you begin. Please contact me if any sites have changes and should be removed from the WebQuest links
• This WebQuest was created as an integrated project incoprporating technology, health, and language. The inclusion of spreadsheets and tables are being taught as part oft eh activities. You will need to adjust this according to your district curriculum

To access a complete list of the resources used in the Nuts About Nutrition WebQuest, click here.

The Nuts About Nutrition WebQuest was created to support the following Arizona State Standards:

1CH-E1. Explain the relationship between positive health behaviors and health care and the prevention of injury, illness, disease, disability and premature death

1CH-E7. Describe how lifestyle and family history are related to the cause and prevention of disease and other health problems

1CH-E8. Explain how basic nutrients are utilized by the body and the relationship of a balanced diet and essential nutrients to appropriate weight, appearance and wellness

2CH-E1. Obtain and utilize accurate health resources from home, school and community

3CH-E3. Distinguish between responsible and risky/harmful behaviors (e.g., responsible: exercise, sleep, nutrition; risky: the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs)

1T-E2. Demonstrate increasingly sophisticated operation of technology components

1T-E2. Demonstrate increasingly sophisticated operation of technology components

2T-E2. Exhibit legal and ethical behaviors when using technology and information and discuss consequences of misuse

3T-E1. Use formatting capabilities of technology tools for communicating and illustrating

3T-E2. Use a variety of technology tools for data collection and analysis

4T-E3. Collaboratively use telecommunications and online resources

5T-E1. Locate information from electronic resources

Reading

R-F6.Read and comprehend consumer information such as forms, newspaper ads, warning labels and safety pamphlets

R-F7.Follow a list of directions and evaluate those directions for clarity

R-E2.Use reading strategies such as making inferences and predictions, summarizing, paraphrasing, differentiating fact from opinion, drawing conclusions, and determining the author's purpose and perspective to comprehend written selections

Writing

W-E1.Use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage, along with varied sentence structure and paragraph organization, to complete effectively a variety of writing tasks

W-E5.Write a report that conveys a point of view and develops a topic with appropriate facts, details, examples and descriptions from a variety of cited sources

W-E8.Demonstrate research skills using reference materials such as a dictionary, encyclopedia and thesaurus to complete effectively a variety of writing tasks