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Time required: One day in class, two-three days out of class, and one day
to present and discuss.
Setting: Your school cafeteria needs your help in putting together menus
with the least amount of calories and the most amount of protein. Each
group of students will receive a table consisting of three items from each of
the 5 food groups, and a table giving the calorie and protein content per
serving of a variety of foods.
Problem: Students will choose 5 balanced meals, meaning one food from
each food group. Out of the 5 chosen, each group will find the calorie and
protein content for each meal. Students should graph each meal comparing
calories and protein (as a double bar graph). From the graph students
should pick the "best" meal (meaning lowest amount of calories and highest
amount of protein). Students may even find ratios to be helpful in their
Funded in part by the National Science Foundation and Indiana University 1995
decision. Each group will present their solutions and justify their choices in
an oral presentation. Visual aids should be the graph they made earlier.
Clarification of write-up is included in the student resource.
Extensions: (1) give students price items and have them stay within a
budget., (2) give different combinations of nutritional information, (3)
determine the amount of food needed to supply school cafeteria, and (4)
determine all possible combinations of meals in the original project.
Funded in part by the National Science Foundation and Indiana University 1995
Balanced Diet
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The cafeteria wants to make new and improved menus that include foods
from the five basic food groups. Listed below are options for the cafeteria to
choose from given budget constraints. To continue federal funding, a
balanced diet must be offered. A balanced meal consists of one serving of
food from each of the five food groups. It is your job to come up with five
balanced meals and find the total calories and protein for each of the meals.
From these five meals you are to make a double bar graph showing the
calorie and protein totals for each meal. Utilizing the graph, decide which of
the five meal plans is lowest in calories and highest in protein.
Your group must turn in a written summary of this project. Included in this
written summary should be: 1) a description of each meal, 2) calorie and
protein totals for each meal, 3) a double bar graph, and 4) your choice of
the "best" meal, including a justification of why you chose that meal. Your
group will also make an oral presentation to the class. Visual aids should be
included in your presentation. The foods that the cafeteria can choose from
are indicated in the charts below: