Introduction

 This lesson was developed as a requirement for the class "Creating Webquests" offered by AEA13 on June 4-7, 2001 taught by Judith Griffin.

The students will learn which foods are included in each food group in the Food Pyramid. They will create a healthy meal for a selected "Letter Person" using food that starts with the letter selected. Each meal will be included in a class book "Letter People ABC Cafe".

Learners

This webquest is designed for kindergartners learning the alphabet and nutrition. "Letter People " from "Land of the Letter People" are used. 

It is helpful for the student to have some alphabet knowledge prior to beginning this lesson. Knowledge of using Kid Pix is useful.

Curriculum Standards

What will students learn as a result of this lesson? Describe the outcomes succinctly. Use the language of existing standards. For example:
 

Reading Standards Addressed

• TLW identify letter/sound/symbol associations and use them within words.
• The following thinking and communication skills are used, inference-making and creative production. 

Process

The students will interview the school cooks and learn how they plan school lunches.  They will view a website to learn which food is included in each food group of the Food Pyramid. They will look at books about food to get ideas for the meal they are going to create for their slected "Letter Person". After getting food ideas that start with their selected letter, the student will use Kid Pix to draw their food.  After all the students in the class have drawn food for their meal, they will be combined into a class book.

This lesson will take about 2 weeks to complete.  The teacher will have to closely supervise the activities because of the students' age.

When pairing up the students, it would be helpful to group an under-ability student with a lower-ability student.

When putting the class book together, have a student design a cover.

The teacher may want to type the food name under each picture.
 
 
 

Describe briefly how the lesson is organized. Does it involve more than one class? Is it all taught in one period per day, or is it part of several periods? How many days or weeks will it take? Is it single disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary or what?

If students are divided into groups, provide guidelines on how you might do that.

If there are misconceptions or stumbling blocks that you anticipate, describe them here and suggest ways to get around them.

What skills does a teacher need in order to pull this lesson off? Is it easy enough for a novice teacher? Does it require some experience with directing debates or role plays, for example? 

Variations

When interviewing the cooks, it could be done with the whole class in the classroom or each group could interview the cooks separately in the kitchen.

It would take less time to have the groups use Kid Pix in the computer lab.If you can think of ways to vary the way the lesson might be carried out in different situations (lab vs. in-class, for example), describe them here.
 
 

Resources Needed

Describe what's needed to implement this lesson. Some of the possibilities:

• Class sets of books
• E-mail accounts for all students
• Specific software (how many copies?)
• Specific hardware (what kind? How many?)
• Specific reference material in the classroom or school library
• Video or audio materials

Describe also the human resources needed. how many teachers are needed to implement the lesson. Is one enough? Is there a role for aides or parents in the room? Do you need to coordinate with a teacher at another school? With a partner in industry or a museum or other entity? Is a field trip designed in as part of the lesson?

Evaluation

How will you know that this lesson was successful? Describe what student products or performances you'll be looking at and how they'll be evaluated. This, of course, should be tightly related to the standards and objectives you cited above.

You may want to just copy and paste the evaluation section of the student page into this space and add any clarifications needed for another teacher to make use of this lesson.

Conclusion

Make some kind of summary statement here about the worthiness of this lesson and the importance of what it will teach.

Credits & References

List here the sources of any images, music or text that you're using. Provide links back to the original source. Say thanks to anyone who provided resources or help. 

List any books and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.