My Plate Final Assignment Creative Foods
Final Assignment Your Mission: Must include: Make a nutritious meal that contains all of the food groups and resembles the new My-Plate Icon Must include: Recipe and step by step directions to prepare each portion of your meal At least 3 pictures (process & final product) 7 paragraph essay detailing a nutritional benefit found in each food on the plate
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Food Groups Grains Vegetable Fruits Dairy Protein
Example
Example
Chili 1lb lean ground beef 1 (15oz) can black beans 1 (15oz) can pink beans 1(10oz) can chipotles with adobo sauce 1 (12oz) can roasted tomatoes Directions: Place ground beef, beans, chipotles, and tomatoes in a crock pot on low heat for 6-8 hours. *Serve with 1 serving (14 chips) of whole grain tortilla chips
Fruits and Veggies Strawberries Carrots Celery ½ cup per person Directions: cut into bite size pieces Carrots Directions: Cut into matchsticks Celery
Essay 7 paragraph essay on the nutritional content of your meal. Briefly describe the nutritional importance of each menu item in a brief paragraph. Example: Chili Protein Choose only 1 Lycopene in tomatoes topic to discuss Capsaicin in chipotles
Fruits and Veggies Strawberries Carrots Celery Vitamin C Anthocyanins Vitamin A (Beta-Carotene) Celery Potassium Folate All contain fiber
Chips and Dairy Whole grain Corn Chips Milk Carbohydrate Thiamin Niacin Milk Calcium Vitamin D Riboflavin Protein
***No plagiarism… or else!!!*** Essay Layout Example Introduction paragraph Describe why you chose this meal 2nd paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your grain 3rd paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your fruit 4th paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your veg 5th paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your dairy 6th paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your protein Last paragraph Describe the results, the taste, texture, and appearance of the meal. Would you make it again? ***No plagiarism… or else!!!***
Final Project Rubric Pictures (15pts) Minimum of three pictures Step by step procedure Final product Recipes (10pts) Essay Introduction (5pt) Paragraph 2 (10pts) Nutrient is properly identified Paragraph 3 (10pts) and explained for paragraph 2-6 Paragraph 4 (10pts) Paragraph 5 (10pts) Paragraph 6 (10pts) Conclusion (5pts) Peer/parent evaluation (10pts) Works Cited/Resources (5pts) 100 Total Points
Resources http://nutritiondata.self.com/ http://www.nutrition.gov www.mypyramid.gov http://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=1
Upload Final Project to Google Docs Go to Moodle http://moodle.eastpennsd.org/login/index.php Log in Go to Google Docs on the left hand side and click on it Compose your essay in the word document. Pictures and recipe can be done in PowerPoint or the document When completed select the share button on the right hand side and share with aschultz@eastpennsd.org