Introduction
You are tasked by the student council with creating a website that students can use to educate themselves about having a healthy diet and lifestyle and, as our school's experts on German language and culture, reporting on difference between the United States and Germany regarding these topics.
Task
To create this website, you will first have to conduct research(in German) on the relevant topics of nutrition and exercise and asses the information to come to a conclusion about what is best for students.
The website must include the following sections:
1. A page summarizing what constitutes a healthy diet and an evaluation of at least 3 fad diets such as the Ketogenic diet, the whole 30 diet, intermittent fasting or the paleo diet. (there is no one right answer to this section and a synthesis of different answers might be best)
2. A page summarizing the importance of exercise and how much exercise a student needs. (again, multiple potential answers here)
3. A page that evaluates the adequacy of what our school offers in terms of nutrition in the cafeteria and exercise in the gym. This page should also contain 2-3 paragraphs in which you outline any potential changes that you see fit to the school's food and/or physical education.
4. A page in which you outline differences in diet and exercise practices between the United States and Germany.
Each student will have a different role: one student will research nutrition and the other will research exercise. After you have both researched your topics, you will come together and present what you found to one another. You will then exchange opinions on what you each found and work together to synthesize your information into your website.
When you come together to discuss your findings, your discussion should be carried out in German.
The website must also, of course, be written in German. Each of the four sections above should contain at least 300 words.
When doing this assignment, do not feel limited to the resources I have provided, feel free to branch out and find your own sites, just make sure to provide references to any outside sources and use good sense in selecting them. Also do not feel like you must read every website in its entirety or even use every website. Find what you need to complete your work.
Remember to express your opinions and to have fun!
Process
ERNÄHRUNG/DIÄT (NUTRITION/DIET)
Gesunde Ernährung - Was ist das? | Chefkoch.de
Gesunde Ernährung: Wie klappt's im Alltag? | 3 Videos (stiftung-gesundheitswissen.de)
Was bedeutet gesunde Ernährung? | EAT SMARTER
Gesunde ernährung einfach erklärt (helles-koepfchen.de)
(8) Warum gesunde Ernährung für Kinder so wichtig ist | Quarks - YouTube
Makronährstoffe - Was du alles über sie wissen solltest (upfit.de)
Makronährstoffe im Überblick (foodspring.de)
Ketogene Diät: So funktioniert das Ernährungsprinzip | EAT SMARTER
ÜBUNG/ GESUNDE LEBENSWEISEN (EXERCISE/HEALTHY LIFESTYLES)
10 Tipps für Fitness Anfänger - zum Muskelaufbau oder Abspecken (sportnahrung-engel.de)
Krafttraining: Die Basics für gesunden, effektiven Muskelaufbau (fitforfun.de)
Fitness: Wie oft muss man für die Traumfigur trainieren? - WELT
10 Vorteile von Bodyweight-Übungen erklärt von Expert:innen. Nike BE
Intensive und kurze Übungen: Die Vorteile - Fit people
Richtige Trainingsfrequenz: Wie oft sollte man trainieren? | Personalfitness
Wie oft pro Woche sollte man trainieren? - Bewegung & Fitness - derStandard.at › Gesundheit
DEUTSCHLAND GEGEN DIE USA (GERMANY VS. US)
USA vs Deutschland: Ländervergleich und Statistiken (laenderdaten.info)
Die Amerikaner haben eine niedrige Lebenserwartung | NZZ
Der Fitnessmarkt im Land der „unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten“ | BODYMEDIA Fachmagazin
Häufigkeit von sportlichen Aktivitäten in den USA 2016 | Statista
Fitnessstudio-Mitglieder in Deutschland 2021 | Statista
Sport und Corona: Wo und wie viel die Deutschen jetzt trainieren - WELT
Statistiken zum Thema Diät und Diätprodukte | Statista
Essen und Trinken in den USA - Amerikanische Essgewohnheiten (usatipps.de)
Evaluation
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Conclusion
After having completed this assignment, hopefully you have learned a lot about Nutrition and general health. There are many ways to maintain a balanced and healthy diet and many ways to incorporate exercise into your daily life. You have hopefully applied this new information to critically appraise whether or not our own school provides students with adequate opportunities to lead a healthy lifestyle at home and at school. Finally, you have taken into account the differing practices regarding these topics among the United States and Germany. Use these discoveries in your own daily lives to evaluate your own choices.
Teacher Page
This activity is a great opportunity for students to inform themselves about different forms of nutrition and exercise, while at the same time improving their German language skills in specialized vocabulary. They will also gain insights into the practices relevant to these present in German culture and compare them with those of the United States.
After having completed this assignment students will:
Be able to organize different nutritional and exercise related practices into paragraph length articles on a website.
Be able to evaluate the nutritional and exercise related practices of their own school.
Be able to compare the nutritional and exercise related practices of the United States and Germany.