Introduction
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? Healthy food or junk food?
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
Process
STEP 1 go through all the links below and study the information about healthy and junk food:
http://www.truthaboutabs.com/healthy-vs-junk-food.html
http://www.nutritioncrashcourse.com/health-foods.html
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/healthy-food-vs-fast-food-9948.html
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
Evaluation
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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 |
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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
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10 |
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Total Score: 20
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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