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What's for Breakfast?
Subjects: Health; Mathematics What's for Breakfast?
Grade Range:3 - 5
Application Types: Social Networking; Spreadsheet
Platform: PC
21st Century Themes:
Global AwarenessFinancial & Economic LiteracyCivic LiteracyHealth Literacy
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21st Century Concepts:
Creativity & InnovationCommunication & CollaborationResearch & Information FluencyCritical Thinking & Problem SolvingDigital CitizenshipTechnology LiteracyGrowth & Leadership
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The Project Description

This project promotes health literacy and supports awareness of global health issues, through the exploration of how to make sound nutritional choices about the foods we eat for breakfast. The example project shown here was created using Excel 2007; however, any spreadsheet application would work just as well. We will be creating a spreadsheet to track and compare three breakfast menus. We will begin by searching for and evaluating Web resources about nutrition. After we input nutritional data into our spreadsheet, we will compare the nutritional value of different choices through the use of graphs and charts.
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Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 75014 2:23
Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes discussion questions, assessment rubrics, and information about adapting and extending the example project.
The Project Tutorials
The following tutorials demonstrate, step-by-step, how to complete the example project, as shown in the Project Preview.
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Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Finding resources for your project 74995 4:03
2. locked Evaluating the resources you've found 74996 3:01
3. locked Saving Web links for later use 74997 3:24
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Setting up a new workbook 75003 2:42
2. locked Adding column & row labels 75004 2:52
3. locked Adjusting column width & freezing panes 75005 2:30
4. locked Reading Nutrition Facts labels 75006 1:54
5. locked Entering breakfast nutrition data 75007 2:26
6. locked Entering a formula to total columns 75008 3:29
7. locked Entering a formula to find % of DV 75018 2:41
8. locked Evaluating the numerical results 75009 2:49
9. locked Working with sheets 75010 3:04
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating a chart 75011 2:21
2. locked Modifying a graph or chart 75012 3:05
3. locked Using charts in other programs 75013 1:21
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Making different choices 75015 1:57
2. locked Comparing info on one chart 75016 2:55
3. locked Previewing & printing spreadsheet information 75017 3:05
Infusing 21st Century Skills       back to top
The example project created in the tutorials illustrates one way this project might be completed, using subject-specific content, targeted for a certain grade range, and using a specific application. As demonstrated, this would make a fine technology skills integration project for your students. However, the basic project can be easily extended to more fully support the teaching and learning of other 21st century concepts and skills, beyond those related to technology.
A stated Performance Indicator of a 21st Century teacher is the ability to "customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources" (ISTE NETS•T 2c). The Project Activity Guide and The Professional Development Workbook, included in the downloadable Project Resource Packet, will help you practice this critical skill by guiding you through the process of modifying the example project to infuse 21st century skills, to help you adjust the project to suit your own classroom needs, and to assess the end result.
The following tutorials address ways you might adapt the basic project, as well as provide examples of how the project can be extended to more fully incorporate specific 21st century concepts. Please note that these suggestions may involve using Web resources that are blocked or filtered by your school or organization.
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expand  Adapting & Extending
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Adapting - using a different subject 74998 2:05
2. locked Collaborating - sharing an Excel workbook 74999 2:35
3. locked Collaborating - using an online spreadsheet 75000 2:49
4. locked Collaborating - sharing an online spreadsheet 75001 2:44
5. locked Communicating - involving parents, families, & others 75002 1:04
6. locked Creating - using what you've learned to make something new 75143 1:58
7. locked Global Awareness - bringing the big picture home 75144 1:54
Tutorial series by Andrea Carlson
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