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Health Classifying Food Products 2

(Originally from the Inner City Technology Goals Document - June 1997)

Description:
Students are introduced to the basic food groups using a paint program. They must graph the foods into the appropriate categories.

Health: Yes

TypeLessonPlan: Lesson Plan - 1 class

TechnologySkills: Navigation Tools

SoftwareUsed: Windows Paintbrush, Windows 95 Paint

EarlyYears: Yes

MiddleYears: Yes

S1-S4:

SpecificGrade:

Submittedby: Joyce Wong

E-mail: jwong@minet.gov.mb.ca

Details:
Copy the bitmap file "Food1.bmp" and "Graph1.bmp" into a read only drive/folder on the server. Complete the activity "Classifying Food Products 1."
1.  Open Food1.bmp and Graph 1.bmp.
2.  Select a food product (i.e. carrot) from Food1.bmp using the scissor tools.
3.  Click Edit... Click Copy
4.  Alt-Tab to Graph1.bmp
5.  Give the graph a title
6.  Key in the variables i.e. Names of each food group on the horizontal axis; numbers on the vertical axis.
7.  Click Edit... Click Paste
8.  Drag the image onto the graph
9.  Resize the image to fit into the square. To do this, move the mouse onto the image. When a double arrow appears drag the      object's perimeter to resize it.

If you wish to download the image called food1.bmp, click on this link food1.bmp.
If you wish to download the image shown below, click on this link graph1.bmp.

Extensions: This file can be adapted to graph other objects. For example, in a "Bear Unit", one may wish to graph the types and number of bears. Change the variables to customize the graph.

Filename: Health Classifying Food Products 2.htm