A WebQuest for 8th Grade Family and Consumer Sciences

Designed by Mrs. Aimee Latham

Introduction:

The human body requires nutrients, vitamins, and minerals in order to function properly. The body gets these requirements from the foods we eat. Let’s work together as a team to discover what nutrients are contained in fruits and vegetables and how those nutrients are beneficial to the human body. Let’s also discover how many fruits and vegetables humans should have every day and what a serving size is through studying the Food Guide Pyramid.

The Task:

So, get busy with your team and visit selected web sites in order to work up an appetite for some fruits and vegetables. Listed below are a few of the questions you will answer:

How many servings of vegetables should a person have from the Food Guide Pyramid each day?

How many servings of fruits should a person have from the Food Guide Pyramid each day?

What vitamins and minerals do fruits and vegetables provide?

Are fruits and vegetables low in calories and fat?

The Process:

A. Click on the following link to answer the questions listed below.

How many servings of vegetables should a person have from the Food Guide Pyramid each day?

List some examples of a serving of vegetables.

How many servings of fruits should a person have from the Food Guide Pyramid each day?

List some examples of a serving of fruits.

What vitamins and minerals do fruits and vegetables provide?

Discuss how fruit juice can be counted as a serving from the Food Guide Pyramid.

  1. Click on the following link to answer the questions listed below.

Are fruits and vegetables low in calories and fat?

Are fruits and vegetables low in cholesterol?

Fruits and vegetables contain antioxidants that are now recognized in preventing heart disease and cancer. What are antioxidants?

C. Click on the following link to answer the questions listed below.

Go for Color!!

  • Name two antioxidants that are found in red fruits and vegetables and how do these help the body.
  • Name two antioxidants that are found in blue/purple fruits and vegetables and how do these help the body.
  • Name one antioxidant and one vitamin that is found in orange/yellow fruits and vegetables and how does it help the body.
  • Name two antioxidants that are found in green fruits and vegetables and how do these help the body.
  • What are white foods and how do they help the body?
  1. Click on the following link to find a recipe concerning fruits and vegetables that you would enjoy making or would like to use in the food lab.

Conclusion:

I hope you had fun studying about fruits and vegetables using the World Wide Web. Your team has answered many questions on fruits and vegetables, and found a recipe for fruits or vegetables. Now, go quiet that growling stomach with a fresh apple or banana! Thanks for learning about how fruits and vegetables help the human body!!!!

SEE NEXT PAGE FOR EVALUATION INFORMATION

EVALUATION
Amount of Information / All topics are addressed and all questions answered. / All topics are addressed and most questions answered. / All topics are addressed, and most questions answered. / One or more topics were not addressed.
Quality of Information / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. / Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Internet Use / Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily. / Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily. / Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily. / Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites.
Focus on the task / Consistently stays focused on the task and what needs to be done. Very self-directed. / Focuses on the task and what needs to be done most of the time. Other group members can count on this person. / Focuses on the task and what needs to be done some of the time. Other group members must sometimes nag, prod, and remind to keep this person on-task. / Rarely focuses on the task and what needs to be done. Lets others do the work.
Working with Others / Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep people working well together. / Usually listens to, shares, with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause "waves" in the group. / Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not a good team member. / Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good team player.
Time-management / Routinely uses time well throughout the project to ensure things get done on time. / Usually uses time well throughout the project, but may have procrastinated on one thing. / Tends to procrastinate, but always gets things done by the deadlines. / Rarely gets things done by the deadlines AND group has to adjust deadlines.