Don’t Get Fooled by Don’t Get Fooled by Fat: Fat:

Nutrition and Consumer Nutrition and Consumer AwarenessAwareness

PresenterPresenter: Justin Gonzalez: Justin GonzalezClassClass: Analyzing Schools: Analyzing Schools

School PlacementSchool Placement: Belizzi Middle School: Belizzi Middle SchoolTeacher PlacementTeacher Placement: Mr. Roderick : Mr. Roderick

77thth Grade Science Grade Science

Objectives:Objectives: Students will relate everyday eating habits to proper Students will relate everyday eating habits to proper

nutrition, primarily focusing on “Fat”.nutrition, primarily focusing on “Fat”. Several times, students will be placed into groups and Several times, students will be placed into groups and

teams to discuss and recognize nutrition food labels.teams to discuss and recognize nutrition food labels. The teacher will demonstrate to the students how to The teacher will demonstrate to the students how to

properly read and calculate total fat and % daily value properly read and calculate total fat and % daily value on a given product.on a given product.

Students will apply what they have learned from the Students will apply what they have learned from the teacher and will practice in groups on their own. teacher and will practice in groups on their own.

Students will compare and contrast estimated results Students will compare and contrast estimated results to actual results.to actual results.

Students will organize into teams and develop their Students will organize into teams and develop their own “fat-healthy” diets.own “fat-healthy” diets.

Students will evaluate their “fat-healthy” diets using Students will evaluate their “fat-healthy” diets using concrete facts and calculations. concrete facts and calculations.

MondayMonday Students will get into groups of 3 or 4 and be Students will get into groups of 3 or 4 and be

asked to estimate the total fat content of a “Big asked to estimate the total fat content of a “Big Mac” Mac”

After the students have estimated they will After the students have estimated they will record their answers on the board record their answers on the board

Teacher will hand out actual nutrition fact-sheet Teacher will hand out actual nutrition fact-sheet from McDonald’s allowing students to compare from McDonald’s allowing students to compare actual and estimated resultsactual and estimated results

30gof

TotalFat

47%of

DailyValue

TuesdayTuesday The students will watch excerpts from the movie The students will watch excerpts from the movie

‘Super Size Me’ showing one day’s diet; including ‘Super Size Me’ showing one day’s diet; including breakfast, lunch, and dinner at McDonald’s. breakfast, lunch, and dinner at McDonald’s. Excerpts will also show beginning and ending Excerpts will also show beginning and ending results over 30 day trial.results over 30 day trial.

Students will be asked to guess how much fat is Students will be asked to guess how much fat is consumed between three McDonald’s meals over consumed between three McDonald’s meals over the course of one daythe course of one day

Nutrition labels will be re-circulated to show Nutrition labels will be re-circulated to show guessed versus actual results. guessed versus actual results.

Meal #1 29g 45% Fat Totals

Meal # 2 55g 85%Fat Totals

Meal # 3 65g 100% Fat Totals (w/ Fries & Soda)

Total Results:Total Results:3 Course Meal at McDonalds3 Course Meal at McDonalds

Total Fat Consumed for entire day...Total Fat Consumed for entire day... 149 grams of FAT149 grams of FAT

Recommended amount…Recommended amount… Less than 65 gramsLess than 65 grams

% Daily Value of Fat Consumed for % Daily Value of Fat Consumed for entire day…entire day…

230 % Daily Value230 % Daily Value

WednesdayWednesday Students will be shown a nutrition label diagram Students will be shown a nutrition label diagram

and will be taught how to read and interpret the and will be taught how to read and interpret the labels; focusing mainly on fat. labels; focusing mainly on fat.

Teacher will lead the class in an experiment Teacher will lead the class in an experiment which involves estimating, comparing and which involves estimating, comparing and calculating serving size, total fat, daily percent calculating serving size, total fat, daily percent values, using peanut-butter as the medium. values, using peanut-butter as the medium.

ThursdayThursday Using the knowledge gained from the three Using the knowledge gained from the three

previous days’ exercises, students will be again previous days’ exercises, students will be again broken up into groups of 3 or 4 and will be in broken up into groups of 3 or 4 and will be in charge of running their own food information charge of running their own food information station [there will be 6 or 7 of these in total]. station [there will be 6 or 7 of these in total].

FridayFriday Students will assemble in 5 teams to formulate Students will assemble in 5 teams to formulate

and evaluate a “fat-healthy” diet using the foods and evaluate a “fat-healthy” diet using the foods and information from Thursday’s exercise. and information from Thursday’s exercise.

EvaluationEvaluation

Students will be evaluated on how Students will be evaluated on how well they estimate, compare, and well they estimate, compare, and calculate with their experiments calculate with their experiments throughout the week and with their throughout the week and with their final “fat-healthy” diets. final “fat-healthy” diets.