The document provides instructions for a school health project where students will learn about nutrition using MyPlate, identify three areas of their own diet they can improve, research those areas, and create a poster showing their original plates and improved plates as well as what they learned. It outlines six steps for the project: creating an online account, taking a nutrition quiz, exploring nutrition websites, choosing three areas of improvement, researching the areas, and creating a poster comparing original and improved plates along with citations.

1. Let’s Create a Better Plate!
Ms. Bradley and Mrs. Roderique
7th Grade Health
February 2014

2. What are we going to do?
• Find out about good nutrition and MyPlate.
• Figure out 3 ways we can each do better.
• Research those areas.
• Create a poster.
• Share our posters with the class.

3. Step 1: Create a
Symbaloo account.
It’s easy…

4. Step 1: Create a
Symbaloo account.
Insert the screen castomatic video here.

5. Step 2: Take the quiz!
Write down your results on your notes sheet.

6. Step 3: Explore the other
sites on the top left of your
webmix. Like this…

7. Step 4: Look at “10 Tips to a Healthier
Plate.” Pick three areas where you can
improve your “Plate.” Like this…
Write them down on your notes sheet.

8. Step 5: find and read reliable, accurate
information about the 3 areas you picked.
YES: Books on center table, Ms. Bradley, Ms. Wall,
Symbaloo Links
Why?...

9. Avoid the “junk food” of research projects!
Like these…
• Ask.com
• About.com
• Answers.com
• Wikipedia
• But Why?...

11. Where I Got it From*
www.npr.org
www.breakingmuscle.org
*Use at least four sources, all from the webmix or the books
on the center table.
What I Found Out
Gatorade is not OK
to have with my
breakfast. It has
too much sugar.
Water is better
because it can help
my skin look less
wrinkled.

12. Now for the fun part…
Step 6: Create a poster that shows what you have
learned.

13. Your Poster Will Include…
>Plates with one of each meal from
your food diary…pick the three worst
ones.
>New and improved plates for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner based on
improvements you learned about.
Three ways your health will be
improved if you eat the better meals.
A list of the books and websites you
used.
Titles and captions that explain your
plates. (total of 6 plates)

14. Rubric
Area
• Doing research the way it was
supposed to be done
• Creative, neat, colorful,
complete poster
• Clear, interesting presentation to
the group
• Completing the Notes Sheet
according to directions
Score
• 4 = outstanding job!
• 3 = nicely done
• 2 = ok, but not great
• 1 = very poorly done, or not
done at all

15. Let’s begin…
The End!