Smart Food Or Junk Food

Introduction

"You are what you eat" English proverb

A hectic lifestyle has made it difficult to maintain a healthy food habit, leaving the body vulnerable to health risks. Without realizing, it creates health problems which could lead to diseases. People realize the importance of healthy eating only when they suffer from diseases like malnutrition, obesity,and many others.

This webquest will help you to learn more about healthy and junk food. Through this experience you will come to understand the importance of staying healthy. It will also help you to speak about your eating habits.

What do you eat?

               


 

  OR

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Task

Your task is:

  1. to do on-line research on the problem of healthy eating
  2. to find examples of how healthy and junk food affects your body 
  3. to make a conclusion about smart and junk food, to discuss it with your classmates
  4. to take part in creating an on-line wall newspaper "Smart Food or Junk Food" using WikiWall service.

 

Process

STEP 1

go through all the links below and study the information about healthy and junk food: Food 1 Food 2Food 3

If you have found some useful links yourselves, don't forget to share them with your classmates.

STEP 2
write down the examples of how heathy and junk food affects your body

STEP 3
make a conclusion about smart and junk food and discuss it with your classmates

STEP 4
think over what information about smart and junk food you would like to highlight in the newspaper

STEP 5take part in creating an on-line wall newspaper 

Newspaper

Evaluation

 

3-4

5-6

7-8

9-10

Score

Research and sharing of information

Finds and shares little or no pertinent information with other team members

Finds and shares some pertinent information with other team members

Finds and shares important information needed to accomplish the task

Finds and shares a great deal of important information to accomplish the task, adding complementary details

10

Cooperation

Rarely takes part in group discussions, shares very few ideas and does not respect others' opinions

 Occasionally takes  part in group discussions, shares some ideas and respects others' opinions to a limited degree

 Takes an active part in group discussions, shares ideas most of the time, and respects others' opinions

Takes the initiative in group discussions, shares ideas and encourages others to do the same, respects others' opinion

 

10

Newspaper writing

The information does not correspond to the main topic, contains a lot of grammar mistakes

 Covers a few ideas of the problem, no connection with the information studied, contains some grammar mistakes

Covers all the ideas, connection with the information studied, few grammar mistakes

Covers all the ideas, connection with the information studied, no grammar mistakes, has an original interpretation

10

Total Score: 30

Conclusion

This is the end of the webquest.

Now you are ready to speak about smart and junk food and can give recommendations what food it is useful to eat.

 

Teacher Page

The aim of this webquest is

  • to use the Internet resources, WikiWall service
  • to broaden students' outlook on the problem of healthy eating
  • to promote a healthy way of life
  • to develop students' self-supporting work
  • to develop their competences, speaking and writing skills