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Goals & Objectives
At the completion of this webquest, each student will have a deeper understanding of what trans fats are, how they affect the body, and why there is such controversy surrounding their use. Also, the student will learn to appreciate that public issues are seldom black and white, and can often can be seen through numerous points of view.
Multiple Intelligences
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VISUAL/SPACIAL |
WEB BASED/DEVELOP VISUALS |
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VERBAL/LINGUISTIC |
DISCUSSIONS WITH GROUP/ PRESENTATIONS |
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LOGICAL/MATHMATICAL |
FOLLOW OUTLINE / RESEARCH |
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BODILY/KINESTHETIC |
PRESENTATION TO CLASS |
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INTERPERSONAL |
GROUP PROJECT/WORK WITH PEERS |
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INTRAPERSONAL |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
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NATURALISTIC |
HEALTH EFFECTS |
Learning styles
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ABSTRACT SEQUENTIAL |
ANALYTIC APPROACH/ PROBLEM SOLVING TASKS |
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CONCRETE SEQUENTIAL |
STEP BY STEP EXAMPLES |
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ABSTRACT RANDOM |
GROUP WORK/ EMOTIONAL ISSUE |
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CONCRETE RANDOM |
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH/ MULTIMEDIA APPROACH |
Bloom's Taxonomy
| knowledge | fact gathering, define trans fat |
| comprehension | representing a particular point of view |
| application | predict impact of ban on various groups of people |
| analysis | justifying opinions |
| synthesis | proposing an alternative solution |
| evaluation | summarizing and explaining the solution |
Other Pedagogy Components
Since the topic of banning trans fats is timely, it is sure to motivate the students' interest and emotion. Also, the fact that it's closely related to their own health should give the information they learn both sense and meaning. As older students, most of them are beginning to be concerned with their overall health as well as current events.
Cross-Content Workplace Readiness
Standard 2: All students will use technology, information and other tools.
Standard 3: All students will use critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Standard 4: All students will demonstrate self-management skills.
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education
Standard 2.1: All Students Will Learn Health Promotion And Disease Prevention Concepts And Health- Enhancing Behaviors.
Standard 2.2: All Students Will Learn Health-Enhancing Personal, Interpersonal, And Life Skills.
Language And Arts Literacy
Standard 3.3: All Students Will Write In Clear, Concise, Organized Language That Varies In Content And Form For Different Audiences And Purposes.
Standard 3.4: All Students Will Read Various Materials And Texts With Comprehension And Critical Analysis.
Mathematics
Standard 4.9: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of And Will Use Measurement To Describe And Analyze Phenomena.
Standard 4.11: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of Patterns, Relationships, And Functions And Will Use Them To Represent And Explain Real-World Phenomena.
Standard 4.12: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of Statistics And Probability And Will Use Them To Describe Sets Of Data, Model Situations, And Support Appropriate Inferences And Arguments.
Science
Standard 5.2: All Students Will Develop Problem-Solving, Decision-Making And Inquiry Skills, Reflected By Formulating Usable Questions And Hypotheses, Planning Experiments, Conducting Systematic Observations, Interpreting And Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions, And Communicating Results.
Standard 5.5: All Students Will Integrate Mathematics As A Tool For Problem-Solving In Science, And As A Means Of Expressing And/Or Modeling Scientific Theories.
Social Studies
Standard 6.1: All Students Will Learn Democratic Citizenship And How To Participate In The Constitutional System Of Government Of The United States.
Standard 6.4: All Students Will Acquire Historical Understanding Of Societal Ideas And Forces Throughout The History Of New Jersey, The United States, And The World.
Standard 6.5: All Students Will Acquire Historical Understanding Of Varying Cultures Throughout The History Of New Jersey, The United States, And The World.
Standard 6.6: All Students Will Acquire Historical Understanding Of Economic Forces, Ideas, And Institutions Throughout The History Of New Jersey, The United States, And The World.
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