Life Skills Development/Unit One/Wellness and Self Care (Nutrition)/Activities and Assessments

Portfolio Contents

 * 1) Written work on nutrition survey
 * 2) Seven-day meal plan
 * 3) Advertisement/quiz/debating points to convince peers to eat nutritious food.

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 * Use the Magnifing Glass to look closely at the labels of the foods in the picture.
 * Can you identify any positive and negative ingredients?
 * Based on the Nutritional Facts on the labels, which one(s) of these foods are of the most nutritional value?

Unit summary
In this unit you learned about the importance of water, how to create and implement a balanced diet and the benefits of maintaining a balanced diet. You are now equipped with adequate information to assist in deciding what foods are nutritious and which are not despite the socio-cultural norms and customs.

Checklists of Performance Task
1. Plan out a seven-day meal plan showing the nutritionally balanced meals that you intend to have (breakfast, lunch and dinner)  1.|I have included a balanced breakfast in my plan.|||| 2.|I have included a balanced lunch in my plan.|||| 3.|I have included a balanced dinner in my plan.||||  I included the following for breakfast/lunch/ dinner.||||||| 2. Create short quizzes based on the basic tenets of good nutrition, these quizzes will then be exchanged and completed by the others.  1.|I created a quiz based on good nutrition|||| 2.|I completed a quiz based on good nutrition?|||| 3.|I had a nutritionally balanced breakfast/lunch/dinner.|||| 4.|I created a 7-day plan of nutritionally balanced meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.|||| 5.|I prepared a budget to purchase the required food for my 7-day plan.||||
 * RUBRIC of performance criteria|V. Well Done|Well Done|OK|Not Ok- Will redo by ….
 * Oil|Green Leafy vegetable|Legumes|Protein|Sugar|Carbohydrates|Yellow vegetables
 * RUBRIC of performance criteria|V. Well Done|Well Done|OK|Not Ok- Will redo by ….

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