Healthy Eating Agent Academy

HEA

Background

Kids in our country need your help! Some families don't know how to make healthy food choices leaving them unhealthy and weak. Our country's First Lady is sending the country on a mission to

try and fix this. Check out our partner in this mission http://www.letsmove.gov/learn-facts/epidemic-childhood-obesity This is coming all the way from the White House. But she needs your help to gather intelligence and present her and our school

with your findings. Our country needs us!

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First Lady, Michelle Obama

Your Mission

Mission, collect data on our eating habits, find out what we should be eating, pinpoint our weaknesses,

come up with a meal blueprint of how we can become heavy hitters in the challenge to get America

healthy, spread the word to other potential healthy eating agents and be ready to brief them with the

findings of your hunt. By the end of this academy, you will be ready to be a Healthy Eating Agent.

Please view the Evaluation Page to read our expectations for you.

Go to Evaluation Page.After reading, continue to Phase 1.

Your OrdersPhase 1

Your first mission is to gather information on your own eating habits. Go to

http://csis.pace.edu/~dsachs/foodlogwk.html and print out the page you find. Take this paper

home because you will need it over night to record your data. You must complete this phase

of the mission within 24 hrs from....now! By lunch time tomorrow, be prepared to report back

your findings. Be as detailed as possible, include what you ate and how much you ate,

don't leave anything out! Good luck!STOP here. When you return, you will be

ready for the Phase 2 Slide.

Phase 2 Congratulations on completing Phase 1.

Use your completed food log to point out any weaknessesyou may have. To do this, locate a food pyramid. After you find the pyramid, find out how many servings of each groupwe are supposed to have per day.http://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertracker-tools/daily-food-plans.html and http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education-printables/92-food-groups-teaching-kids-healthy-eating-portions-serving-size-handoutRecord this on your paper next to the servings that you had.

Compare the results and record at the bottom what your strengths and weaknesses were in choosing what you ate. Write down 3 ideas explaining how you can make a better choice next time. Remember to be honest, we are trying to get healthy!

Head over to these websites to play a few games and learn a bit more!

http://healthysocial.org/foodherogame.html

http://www.freddyfit.co.uk/kids/games/lunch-box-maker.php

http://www.foodnme.com/what-food-am-i/STOP. You have done enough work for today. Rest your mind. You will need it for PHASE 3 tomorrow.

Phase 3

Congratulations on completing Phase 2.

Your next assignment is to use what you have learned about the Healthy Eating Mission, food pyramid, food log, and the comparisons you made yesterday in order to create a menu for a school in need. Go to http://www.healthychoices.org/index.php?page_id=28 and find, save and print Activity 2.

This menu must:-Include both of your names-Include breakfast and lunch, you don't have to do dinner.-Meet the food pyramid and serving

suggestion standards-Be ready to share this with the class by Phase 5

STOP. Use the rest of the class to complete the menu with your partner. Phase 4 is tomorrow.

Phase 4

You are now entering Phase 4. Your missions is to research ways students can make healthy choices at home, where they can find healthy food, things to

avoid, and how they can help spread the word on the importance of healthy eating! Identify and describe 3 suggestions. Record your findings on a piece of paper.

http://www.letsmove.gov/actionhttp://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/view.php?id=23945657

Be prepared with ideas to share with the class tomorrow.

STOP. After you research, prepare yourself for presenting to the class tomorrow.

Presentation Day

You have now made it to the last day of Healthy Eating Agent Academy. You and your partner have done a

lot of hard work to make it this far in this very important mission to educate others about making good food choices. We all look forward to hearing what you have come up with to help our country!

HEA HEA

Congratulations to the newest class of Healthy Eating Agents!

Your work is not done yet, you need to make the pledge to help others be healthy eaters! Print out and sign a copy from the White House in order to help

them on their ongoing mission!http://www.letsmove.gov/our-pledge

Thank you for all of your hard work!

Points 4 3 2 1

Food LogDetailed amount and food for each

meal.

Food for each meal is labeled. No

amount.

Some meals are skipped. No

amount.

Incomplete log. No food or amounts.

Chart

Serving suggestions clear. Clear comparison. 3 ways to improve

listed.

Serving suggestions and comparisons are

listed. Less than 3 ways to improve.

Missing either serving

suggestions or comparisons OR Less than 3 ways

to improve.

No chart. No suggestions.

MenuOrganized plan for

breakfast and lunch, serving

amount identified.

Fairly clear plan for breakfast and

lunch given, some serving

suggestions.

Parts of menu missing or no

serving suggestions.

No menu. No serving

suggestions. Not organized.

Research on making healthy

choicesInformation from 3 identified sources. Organized work.

Information from 2 identified sources

and/or sources given not

identified.. Mostly organized work.

Information from 1 source.

No sources used, not organized.

PresentationMenu and 3

sourced suggestions clearly given. Organized.

Menu and 2 or less sourced

suggestions given. Fairly organized.

Parts of menu and/or suggestions

given. Disorganized.

Not prepared or organized. Missing

menu and/or suggestions.

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ResourcesLet's Move websitehttp://www.letsmove.gov/Let's Move Pledgehttp://www.letsmove.gov/our-pledgeFood Log- Studying Good Health and Nutritionhttp://csis.pace.edu/~dsachs/foodlogwk.htmlServing Size-Nourish Interactivehttp://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education-printables/92-food-groups-teaching-kids-healthy-eating-portions-serving-size-handoutFood Pyramid- Nourish Interactivehttp://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education-printables/7-food-pyramid-for-children-food-groups-picture-page-early-nutrition-education-young-childrens-food-pyramid-pageMenu- Healthy Choices, Washington's Farmershttp://www.healthychoices.org/index.php?page_id=28Fuel Up To Playhttp://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/view.php?id=23945657Freddy Fithttp://www.freddyfit.co.uk/kids/games/lunch-box-maker.phpPictures-http://blog.medbroadcast.com/?p=955http://wellandchic.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/beware-of-the-bbq/http://content1.promiflash.de/article-images/w500/michelle-obama-r3.jpghttp://ricareceta.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Boy_Chef_Free_Vector.jpg