What Influences What We Eat?
Students will interview their parents or family members to determine what types of foods they eat and why they eat those specific foods. Students will record their own eating patterns for thee days and will connect to other students around the world using Skype or Kidsblog to find out if their eating habits are any different. After students have gathered their data, they will create a Voicethread to share their results. This Voicethread will be published on the class website and shared with our parent group as well as to our guest country.
around the world.
around the world.
Teacher Plans
Materials
Research Notebook
Daily Journal
Daily Task Schedule
Daily Journal
Daily Task Schedule
Interview Information for Teachers
Interview Information for Students
Step 1 - Research information on your topic.
Step 2 - Create questions - open ended questions give you the most infomation.
Step 3 - Plan your interview time.
Step 4 - Conduct your interview and either record the responses or write them down on paper.
Step 5 - Review your notes and highlight the information that you think would be helpful in answering the driving question, "What influences what we eat?"
Step 6 - Use this information for your presentation (Voice Thread).
Step 2 - Create questions - open ended questions give you the most infomation.
Step 3 - Plan your interview time.
Step 4 - Conduct your interview and either record the responses or write them down on paper.
Step 5 - Review your notes and highlight the information that you think would be helpful in answering the driving question, "What influences what we eat?"
Step 6 - Use this information for your presentation (Voice Thread).
Voicethread.com
Go to your Voicethread account and create a new Voicethread. Make sure that you have already gathered your data from your interviews and reviewed what you found out. Create pages that help you share what you found out about the driving question, "What factors influence what we eat?"
Canadian Food Guide - Click for full PDF version
How much is a serving?
More information on serving sizes:
Vegetables and Fruit Serving Sizes
Grain Products
Milk and Alternatives
Meat and Alternatives
Vegetables and Fruit Serving Sizes
Grain Products
Milk and Alternatives
Meat and Alternatives
Track What You Eat for Three Days
Tally and Record What You Eat for Three Days
Graph Your 3 Day Results
Culminating Activity
Students will bring in a potluck dish that represents one of their families cultures. We will have a lovely meal together and invite CARE to give a presentation on the Diwalli celebration in India.
Photos taken from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/index-eng.php