Foods Computer Scavenger Hunt Assignment

Do this assignment with ONE partner. There are 3 parts to this assignment.

Section 1 is due today.

Names: ______

Section 1

  1. Go to the following sites and review each one. Answer the questions for each site. Also, give a mark out of 10, based on how useful, interesting and informative you and your partner thought it was.

Web Site / Rating out of 10
Best = 10
a.
How many grams of fat are in a Big Mac?
How many calories are in a large chocolate triple thick shake?
Enter in a meal that you, or someone you know, might have at McDonalds and see how many grams of fat and calories it would have. Use the nutrition calculator.
b.
Do the Healthy Living – what are your 3 recipes and what are some of the categories listed for healthy living?
c.
What are all the Food Network shows on TV ON WEDNESDAY during the day? Which is the best show and why?
d.
Click on the Canadian Food Guide (get your copy). How many servings of each food group does a boy your age need? How about a girl your age?
e.
Find the recipe for Green Bean Casserole. What are the ingredients?
Would you make it?
f.
How many Subway restaurants are there in Canada?
What are some ways to reduce sodium in your sandwiches?
g.
Go to the Cheese Gallery. How many types of cheese do they have?
What is Pecorino cheese?
h.
Go to the Pizza Hut Nutrition Information. How many calories in one slice of Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Lovers?
i.
Read the Slurpee Facts. Fanta Piña Colada
slurpee has how many calories and sugar for 8 fl oz?

Names: ______

Section 2

Find 2 more web sites relating to food and review them as well. Write them down here:

  1. ______
  2. ______

Section 3 (hand in this part on a separate sheet of paper)

  1. Choose a food (such as eggplant, head-cheese, star fruit,…something you are not familiar with) and search for information about it using the Internet, encyclopedias, or books.
  1. The information should include a picture of it and the following information in paragraph form:
  • what it is
  • how it is grown or produced (manufactured / processed)
  • where and when you can buy it
  • how it can be eaten
  1. Find a recipe that uses this food and print or copy it out.