Foods 10/11/12: Nutrition Research Project (McRae)
Project Outline & Assessment Rubric:
Websites
Here are some suggested websites to get you started in your online research:
Canada's Food Guide (2017 pdf)
Please note that there will be quite a few revisions in the 2018 version.
List of Essential Vitamins and Minerals (Harvard medical school)
Oregon State University - Linus Pauling Institute of Micronutrients
Free Open University Course on Nutrition: Vitamins and Minerals
Here are some suggested websites to get you started in your online research:
Canada's Food Guide (2017 pdf)
Please note that there will be quite a few revisions in the 2018 version.
List of Essential Vitamins and Minerals (Harvard medical school)
Oregon State University - Linus Pauling Institute of Micronutrients
Free Open University Course on Nutrition: Vitamins and Minerals
Starting Your Own Online Research:
* Have you used Google Site Specific Searching?
site:.edu
site:.gov
site:.org
*Have you tried using WebPath Express?
* Have you used Google Site Specific Searching?
site:.edu
site:.gov
site:.org
*Have you tried using WebPath Express?
MLA Formating & Bibliography
You should construct your bibliography using Noodletools for this project.
If you do not yet have an account, the librarian will help you set one up!
If you would like more detailed information about formatting your bibliography or paper, please refer to the OWL Purdue Online Writing Guide .
Presentation
You may choose to use any format you wish for your presentation.
For some ideas of presentation and sharing tools, check out some ideas HERE.
Creative Format Options
1. A VERBAL TESTIMONIAL Acting as a stakeholder (person, community, animal, river, etc.) you tell your personal story about how important this topic is to you and how it can affect your life, positively and negatively. You could do it like a talk show where one interviews the other about your experience.
2. GRAPHIC DEPICTION Drawings that are labeled and explain the information you learned in the research. This could be pictures, images, a storyboard, timeline, and includes how you will make changes in your life.
3. MOCK DEBATE You and your partner present two points of view, or two stakeholders, showing the facts that support both sides in the issue.
4. PAINTING OR COLLAGE An artistic representation of what you learned in the research and how you will make changes in your life.
5. MOCK NEWSCAST You are a TV journalist on the scene of an environmental situation and you are interviewing both sides of the issue. For example, trees being cut down, industry’s waste going into a river, protesters with signs at a government office.
6. NEWSPAPER Create a newspaper page with various articles about both sides of the issue. You may include a cartoon that is relevant, a letter to the editor about the issue and columns with the scientific facts. Include what changes are needed to help with this issue in the world.
7. POEM/PROSE/SONG/RAP Present a piece of creative writing that expresses personal feelings and facts together around your issue/topic.
8. SKIT Act out a script to demonstrate your understanding of the issue/topic. Explain the stakeholders on both side of the issue and how you will change your life to help.
9. WEBSITE Create a well designed website that clearly leads the reader through the major issues, facts and opinions on this topic.
10. POWERPOINT/PREZI Create a visual presentation with strong images, graphs, even video, which complements and strengthens your verbal presentation. Remember to use images, not words!
11. VIDEO Create a video that describes the key points of the issue in a compelling way. This video can be an animation.
SLS:
You may choose to use any format you wish for your presentation.
For some ideas of presentation and sharing tools, check out some ideas HERE.
Creative Format Options
1. A VERBAL TESTIMONIAL Acting as a stakeholder (person, community, animal, river, etc.) you tell your personal story about how important this topic is to you and how it can affect your life, positively and negatively. You could do it like a talk show where one interviews the other about your experience.
2. GRAPHIC DEPICTION Drawings that are labeled and explain the information you learned in the research. This could be pictures, images, a storyboard, timeline, and includes how you will make changes in your life.
3. MOCK DEBATE You and your partner present two points of view, or two stakeholders, showing the facts that support both sides in the issue.
4. PAINTING OR COLLAGE An artistic representation of what you learned in the research and how you will make changes in your life.
5. MOCK NEWSCAST You are a TV journalist on the scene of an environmental situation and you are interviewing both sides of the issue. For example, trees being cut down, industry’s waste going into a river, protesters with signs at a government office.
6. NEWSPAPER Create a newspaper page with various articles about both sides of the issue. You may include a cartoon that is relevant, a letter to the editor about the issue and columns with the scientific facts. Include what changes are needed to help with this issue in the world.
7. POEM/PROSE/SONG/RAP Present a piece of creative writing that expresses personal feelings and facts together around your issue/topic.
8. SKIT Act out a script to demonstrate your understanding of the issue/topic. Explain the stakeholders on both side of the issue and how you will change your life to help.
9. WEBSITE Create a well designed website that clearly leads the reader through the major issues, facts and opinions on this topic.
10. POWERPOINT/PREZI Create a visual presentation with strong images, graphs, even video, which complements and strengthens your verbal presentation. Remember to use images, not words!
11. VIDEO Create a video that describes the key points of the issue in a compelling way. This video can be an animation.
SLS: