:TECHBRARIAN

1. Watch Super Size Me Part 8 by clicking HERE.

2. Next, watch a movie called Food for Thought made by 5th graders in Maryland by clicking HERE.

3. **UPDATE** Glogster has been blocked by the Department of Education (BOO!).  So your final assignment has changed.  Your new assignment is to prepare a list of 5 interview questions about eating healthy, exercising, and avoiding bad foods.  Make sure the questions show what you’ve learned and aren’t something anyone could answer.  After you’ve made the questions and practiced your answers, have someone interview you using IMovie.  Then, Mr. Lahana will show you how to put the movie on your blog.

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1.  Watch Super Size Me Part 7 by clicking HERE.

2.  Now watch this anti-soda animation by clicking HERE

3.  In Super Size Me Part 7 you saw a man who had to get his stomach tied because he got so fat from drinking soda.  Please create an XtraNormal movie or ToonDoo comic about the dangers of soda and what you can drink instead of it.

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Watch Super Size Me Part 6 by clicking HERE.

1.  Make a list of EVERYTHING you ate yesterday.

2. Next, visit Calorie Lab or Calorie Counter and mark the number of calories each food you ate contains.  Your list should look something like this:

Apple- 55 Calories

Egg sandwich- 466

Fruit punch- 260

3. Now, add all your calories together. Write down your total.

4. If you’re a girl, subtract 1850 calories from your total.  If you’re a boy, subtract 2200 calories from your total. This tells you how many EXTRA calories you are eating each day.  For example, if I ate 3000 calories and I’m a boy, my formula would be  3000 – 2200 = 800 Extra Calories.

5. Finally, visit Calorie Control.  Choose an exercise and find out  how long you’d need to do it for to burn your extra calories (in my case, how long to burn 800 extra calories).

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Click HERE to watch Part 4 of Super Size Me.

1. What is one surprising thing you learned in Part 4? Why did it surprise you?

2. Make a list of 10 foods you believe would make up a healthy meal (include some pictures please).

3. Why do you think it’s so hard to get people to eat less junk food and eat more fruits, vegetables, and healthy meals?

**Bonus**

What can families, markets, schools, and/or restaurants do to help kids your age eat healthier? (think of things that may ACTUALLY WORK!)

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Click HERE to watch Super Size Me Part 3.

Now, click HERE to go to McDonald’s Bag a McMeal page.  Order enough food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Now, answer the following questions in your blog:

1) How many calories did your McDonald’s meals add up to? How much fat?

2) Did your McDonald’s meal add up to more calories and fat than is recommended for your age (look at the chart above)? If so, how much more?

3) Did the results surprise you? Why or why not?

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Watch part 1 of Supersize (ask me for password).  Please answer these questions in your blog:

1. How many times a week do you eat at McDonalds or other fast food restaurants? Do you ever think about whether what you are eating is healthy? Why or why not?

2. What do you predict will happen to Morgan’s health at the end of the month? Do you think he will remain in perfect health?

3. In one scene there is a shot of a McDonalds inside of a hospital. What do you think about that? Do you find it normal, funny, strange, or sad?

*B O N U S*

What does “organic” mean?  What does “vegan” mean (use your own words)?

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