Vitamins and Minerals

Introduction
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Nutrition plays a HUGE importance to everybody's overall health.  Malnutrition is when you do not consume enough nutrients to keep the body in a healthy working condition. Malnutrition normally results from an inadequate or unbalanced diet, problems with digestion or absorption, and/or medical conditions. If malnutrition is not too severe, it can be corrected with a proper diet, or certain medications to help aid in digestion/absorption. This WebQuest will have the student's exploring and learning about the main vitamins and minerals needed to support the everyday functioning of the body. 
 
 
 
Task

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Each vitamin and mineral substance meets specific body needs that one of the other compounds cannot substitute or act for instead. However the lack or deficiency of one of them can sometimes interfere with another vitamin or mineral's function. If a vitamin or mineral deficiency continues, the person can incur a related disease. Conversely, too much of some minerals and vitamins brings on a toxic condition.
 
The best and recommended way for a healthy person to obtain needed vitamins and minerals is to eat well-balanced meals. A daily diet of varied foods can provide needed vitamin and mineral nutrients for maintaining a healthy body.
Process

You are going to use the internet to investigate your assigned vitamin/mineral and answer the questions below. If you are having trouble finding information please check the Teacher's Page for some helpful links. Be sure to include the website that you find your information at the end of each task.

Task 1: 

What is the name and type (vitamin or mineral) that is assigned to you?

If you are assigned a vitamin is it fat-soluble or water-soluble?

Task 2: 

What are 2 health benefits of your vitamin/mineral?

Task 3: 

List 3 specific food sources that your vitamin/mineral is found in when consumed.

Task 4:

What is the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for your assigned vitamin/mineral for your age group?

If there are different recommendations for males and females you must specify.                          

* You must include a unit of measurement or you answer is wrong*

Task 5:

What happens to your body if you have a deficiency for your vitamin/mineral?

Can your vitamin/mineral be toxic? If so please explain what happens if you consume to much of it.

Task 6:

In complete sentences, write a paragraph debating why your assigned vitamin/mineral is more important than the other vitamins and minerals. 

 

Evaluation

 

 

Students will be graded on the following critera:

Task 1: 3 pts. + 1 point for citing source

Task 2: 4 pts. + 1 point for citing source

Task 3: 3 pts. + 1 point for citing source

Task 4: 1 pts. + 1 point for citing source

Task 5: 3 pts. + 1 point for citing source

Task 6: 6 pts. 

25 points total

Conclusion
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Each vitamin and mineral substance meets specific body needs that one of the other compounds cannot substitute or act for instead. However the lack or deficiency of one of them can sometimes interfere with another vitamin or mineral's function. If a vitamin or mineral deficiency continues, the person can incur a related disease. Conversely, too much of some minerals and vitamins brings on a toxic condition.
 
The best and recommended way for a healthy person to obtain needed vitamins and minerals is to eat well-balanced meals. A daily diet of varied foods can provide needed vitamin and mineral nutrients for maintaining a healthy body. 
Teacher Page

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/list-VitaminsMinerals/

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource

https://www.promaxnutrition.com/different-types-of-vitamins-and-their-functions/

https://www.helpguide.org/harvard/vitamins-and-minerals.htm#major

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/vitamins-minerals.html

https://www.gainhealth.org/knowledge-centre/vitamin-mineral-deficiencies/

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/

https://www.nutritionadvance.com/nutrition/essential-vitamins-and-minerals/

https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/much-vitamin-teenagers-need-day-9313.html