Super foods Project

Instructions


Objective :
To identify the powerful nutritional benefits of Superfoods and explore ways to incorporate more of them into your diet on a regular basis through student presentations.


Components of the project :

1.	Select one Superfood to educate your peers about. . Fill out the attached research sheet using information found on approved internet sources (See approved websites below)

Please use the attached Superfoods research page to gather research on your superfoods .
Below are reliable sources to get information from:


http://www.ific.org/nutrition/functional/index.cfm
·		http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/superfoods-everyone-needs
·		http://www.dolesuperfoods.com
·		http://www.superfoodsrx.com

Create a power point about your superfood

·	In pairs or on your own, create a power point
·	Visual must be large enough to read from a far distance.


Be sure to include the following information in your powerpoint:

1.		What is the Superfood?
2.		What is the history of the Superfood? (where did it comes from, prior uses…)
3.		What antioxidant/phytochemical and nutrients present in the food? (what makes it a
superfood)
Antioxidants/phytochemical are believed to reduce the risks of cancer and other diseases

4.		What are the health benefits of the superfoods?
5.		How much of this superfood should you eat?
6.		What are the “side kicks” of this superfood?
7.		How can you include this superfood into your diet?
8.		What are other interesting facts about your superfoods?

3.
Present your powerpoint
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Please carefully read and follow the rubric
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You are not allowed to read directly from your visual: instead focus on brief, vital information to display and focus on presentation skills and be able to speak freely about the superfood you have become an expert on.



Superfood Research:


Website/Resources used: RELIABLE, FACTUAL INFORMATION (if you used other resources that I didn’t give you)
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1.			What is the Superfood? (name your superfood-some superfood’s names have a meaning)
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2.			What is the history of the Superfood? (Where did it originate from? When was it discovered? Were their prior uses? etc)
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3.			What antioxidant/phytochemical and nutrients present in the food? (What makes your super food a super food?)
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4.			What are the health benefits of the Superfood (how specifically does this food help you? Does it reduce or prevent anything?)
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5.			How much of this Super Food is recommended to consume? (How much should I eat to get the health benefits?)
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6.			What are the “side kicks” of your Superfood? (if I don’t eat this superfood, what else can I eat that gives me similar benefits?)
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7.			How can you incorporate this Super Food into your diet? (List at least 3, if not more, ways I can add this to my diet)

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8.			What are other interesting facts about your Super Foods? (Give at least 3 interesting facts you learned while researching)

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Effective use of research time ______/3	Always prepared and used time efficiently and effectively to maximum time to complete research.	Efficiently used time in class with minimal guidance and effectively gathered research information	Used time in class to complete some research, but had to be reminded often to stay on task.	Did not use time wisely to gather research and work on project
Mastery of Content ______/3	Evidence that presenter/s know the information by their ability to recall accurate, insightful information, and provides peers with useful information about their Superfood	Evidence that presenter/s know the information with their ability to recall accurate information with little aid and provides insightful, useful information to peers about their superfood	Presenter/s heavily relied on aid to share information with peers. Information was not completely accurate.	Presenter/s solely used aids to recall information about their superfood and information presented was inaccurate.
Presentation skills ______/3	Presenter/s recalled information without the need of aid. Gave audience good eye contact, voice was clear and loud enough for audience to hear, posture was relaxed, and presenter/s used visual to enhance presentation	Presenter/s recalled information with very little aid needed. Gave good eye contact, voice was strong and clear, posture was relaxed and presenter/s used visual in their presentations.	Presenter/s heavily relied on aid to present information. Little eye contact was made, voice was quiet and unclear at times, posture was tense. Presenter/s read off visuals directly.	Presenter/s read directly off visuals and aids. No eye contact, mumbled/unclear and quiet voice, posture was closed off and tense.
Quality of Visual Aid ______/3	Visual aid enhances presentation. Well constructed. Was appealing to the eye and could be read from a distance. Brief summaries of information were listed- not paragraphs of information. More visuals than text	Visual aid adds to presentation. Constructed well. Was appealing to the eye and could be read but not from a far distance. Provides summaries as opposed to full texts posted on visuals. More visuals than text	Visuals distracted from presentation. Is not constructed well. Cannot be read from a distance. Has more text than visuals.	Visuals are poorly constructed and distracted audience. No to little visuals. All text.

· What the Superfood is?	· How much of this superfood you should eat?
· What the history of the Superfood is? (where did it comes from, prior uses…)	· What the “side kicks” of this superfood are?
· What antioxidant/phytochemical and nutrients are present in the food? (what makes it a superfood)	· How you can include the superfood into your diet?
· What the health benefits are for the superfood?	· Other interesting facts they learned about their superfoods?

Name: _____________________________________ Grading Rubric: Superfoods
	Superfood: _____________________________
Class Period: _______________________________