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6th - 8th
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My Menu Project

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If you don't mind using another teacher's website, this one has a simple project that would make a nice conclusion to your nutrition unit. Using a planning worksheet and peer review, nutrition nuts create a cafe menu using healthy foods. Note that the sample completed project was created with MS Publisher, so you might not be able to view it. 

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Nutrition, healthy meal, health

Pros

  • A link to a list of food groups on the USDA website is embedded on the page
  • Allows nutrition pupils to apply what they learned throughout the unit to a real-life scenario

Cons

  • Criteria on the website differ from the expectations on the printable worksheet; you may want to choose only one of them to actually give to your students when making the assignment

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