Health


 * [[image:brain_POP.gif width="108" height="81" align="right"]]Subject: Health **


 * Technology: **


 * laptop computer cart (or computer lab)
 * Internet access
 * BrainPOP
 * PowerPoint or other presentation software
 * Ohio Academic Content Standards: **

**Grades 6-8:** Standard 3: Access valid health information from home, school, and community.

Carbs ||= Protein || 1. The first slide must contain their name, the region they chose and a picture of the region. 2. The second slide will list the food items they will be using for their 3 or 4 course meal. 3. Each food item must have its own slide. 4. The slide must contain the nutrition facts and a picture of the food item.
 * Activity: **
 * The students will view Nutrition: An Apple a Day on Brainpop.
 * The students will take the corresponding quiz.
 * Once the students have determined their destinations for the trip, they will do additional research to determine foods customary to one region to which they are traveling. The students will then find two food items for each food group from the European region they are traveling and complete a chart of basic nutrition facts.
 * = Food ||= Region ||= Calories ||= Fat ||= Cholesterol ||= Sodium ||= Potassium ||= Total
 * Upon completion of the chart, the students will put together a typical 3 or 4 course meal for that region and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * The following criteria must be followed:
 * Upon completion of the chart, the students will put together a typical 3 or 4 course meal for that region and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * The following criteria must be followed:
 * Upon completion of the chart, the students will put together a typical 3 or 4 course meal for that region and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * The following criteria must be followed:
 * Upon completion of the chart, the students will put together a typical 3 or 4 course meal for that region and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * The following criteria must be followed:
 * Upon completion of the chart, the students will put together a typical 3 or 4 course meal for that region and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * The following criteria must be followed:
 * Upon completion of the chart, the students will put together a typical 3 or 4 course meal for that region and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * The following criteria must be followed:
 * Upon completion of the chart, the students will put together a typical 3 or 4 course meal for that region and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * The following criteria must be followed:

Starr, L. (2000, March 20). PowerPoint-creating classroom presentations. In Education World [Technology article]. Retrieved May 24, 2009 from []
 * References:**

Tried & True. The Internet has been used for many years by students to research material for school projects and papers. Although students may typically be accustomed to writing down their information or presenting it on a poster board, PowerPoint has often been used to make presentations because of the options it provides for creativity.
 * Tried & True or New & Innovative: **