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What's for Breakfast?
Subjects: Health; Mathematics What's for Breakfast?
Age Range:8 - 11
Application Types: Social Networking; Spreadsheet
Platform: Mac
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 2008; 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 74984 2:47
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 74969 4:41
2. locked Evaluating the resources you've found 74988 3:25
3. locked Saving Web links for later use 74989 3:43
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Setting up a new workbook 74970 2:09
2. locked Adding column & row labels 74971 3:29
3. locked Adjusting column width & freezing panes 74990 2:47
4. locked Reading Nutrition Facts labels 74972 2:12
5. locked Entering breakfast nutrition data 74973 2:42
6. locked Entering a formula to total columns 74974 4:32
7. locked Entering a formula to find % of DV 74975 3:23
8. locked Evaluating the numerical results 74976 3:02
9. locked Working with sheets 74977 3:21
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating a chart 74978 2:47
2. locked Modifying a graph or chart 74979 3:02
3. locked Using charts in other programs 74980 1:39
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Making different choices 74981 2:27
2. locked Comparing info on one chart 74982 3:27
3. locked Previewing & printing spreadsheet information 74983 2:30
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 pupils. 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 "customise and personalise learning activities to address pupils' 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 organisation.
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expand  Adapting & Extending
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Adapting - using a different subject 74985 2:21
2. locked Collaborating - sharing an Excel workbook 74986 2:49
3. locked Collaborating - using an online spreadsheet 74987 3:35
4. locked Collaborating - sharing an online spreadsheet 74991 3:23
5. locked Communicating - involving parents, families, & others 74992 1:12
6. locked Creating - using what you've learned to make something new 74993 1:53
7. locked Global Awareness - bringing the big picture home 74994 1:52
Tutorial series by Philip K. Harmer
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