Blog Assignment #9 Science Proposal

                                                          Science Project Proposal

1. If  a person seldom cooks at home, they are more likely to be obese.

Dependent variable:rate of obesity
Independent variable:cooking at home versus not cooking at home
Control: American Families in California

-This experiment will help me understand my EQ, because it is about nutrition and health concerns. Obesity is a very big health concern.

-I will collect the data by using some of the statistics sites from the ESA like the U.S. department of agriculture, NIH, and CDC.  I will then use this study to construct my experiment: http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v19/n12/full/oby2011130a.html.  Lastly, I will use statistics to analyze the significance of my results.

Blog Assignment 8: Reflection on Research

What I have Learned So Far

1.  I have learned what functions vitamins and minerals have on the body and the importance of good food sources, i.e. complex carbohydrates, whole grain, organic foods
2.- Coming soon-
3. My Nutrition For life book helped me learn these things, not to mention a New York Times article on Vitamins and the difference between water soluble and fat soluble vitamins.

Blog Assignment #7 Independent Component Plan Approval

1. Description of Study Plan.

• For my Independent Component, I will create a healthy, balanced meal plan and grocery list for my family- not including my grandmother. As a part of this I will also be doing the grocery shopping and cooking dinner.

2. 30 Hours Requirement.

• This will probably take longer than the 30 hour requirement as making dinner, depending on what it is could take a longer or shorter amount of time.

3. Relation to Essential Question

• Because my Senior Project is about Nutrition and Health Concerns, there will be some form of eating included. So what better way to manage your health by eating a healthier,  more balanced diet?

Blog Assignment #6 Possible Answers to EQ

1. My Essential Question is: How can Nutrition Best Address Health Concerns
2. Nutrition is the study of the effects of Nutrients on the body. An example of a Health concern could be high cholesterol, blood pressure, vegetarian etc.
3. Possible Answers to E.Q :
By eating a balanced diet, health needs can be met.
4. My most important source has been the book, Nutrition For Life by Lisa Hark and Derwin Deen, R.D.

The New MyPlate

Blog Assignment #5: Second Interview

Questions for Second Interview:

1. How did you get your Interest in Nutrition?
2. What is your educational background regarding Nutrition?
3. What is the difference between A Nutritionist and A dietician?
4. What role does Nutrition play in your life?
5. How has your life changed by becoming a Registered Dietician?

The MyPyramid Food Pyramid

Blog Assignment #4 Interview+ Presentation

1.  In what way did the first interview affect your presentation?  Please explain, be specific and use an example.

A: My interview is scheduled for this week, so it did not affect my presentation.

2.  What you say stood out about your presentation performance and why?

A: I had three different visuals that I used for my presentation that represented the three versions of the food pyramid.

3.  What was the most challenging to do and why?

A: The most challenging thing to do was to check for understanding and response from the audience. I was seriously panicking when I had to present  because it  was slightly nerve-racking.

Blog Assignment #3 Rough Draft of 2-minute

What I will be Teaching:
The differences between the old Food pyramid and  the new food plate.

Procedure:


1.) Show and explain original 1992 USDA food pyramid.
- explain serving size
- audience understanding check

2.) Show improved 2005 version of Food Pyramid
- explain differences between this and the original

3.) Introduce the new 2011 Food Plate- the replacement for the previous Food Pyramids and the reasoning or the change to a plate format.

Resources: Poster boards with the pyramid/plate graphics

Blog Assignment #2 First Interview

Q: Who am I interviewing and why?

For my First Interview, I am interviewing a Nutritionist at The Pomona Unified School District, Maria Davila. I am interviewing her because she has over five years in nutritional planning and fieldwork at the school district. I think this is a good place to start for my senior project because I don't really know too much about Nutrition yet, and someone who has experience planning meals for schoolchildren would be beneficial.

Blog Post#1: Senior Project Topic

Q :What is my topic and why?

          The topic I  chose for my project is Nutrition. I chose this as my topic as I have always been obsessed with reading the Nutrition Labels on food packaging and wondered how this is correlated to eating a healthy diet. When I was in elementary school, we learned about the Food Pyramid and how much of each food group we are supposed to eat daily.

Q: What do you want to accomplish from this project?

I would personally like to know why exactly our bodies need vitamins and minerals, and exactly how much we should be ideally consuming. Also, I would like to start eating a more healthy nutritious, diet that is not dusgusting or entirely Vegan.