1. Healthy Eating Menu Plan – ISM Cafeteria
Design a three day healthy eating menu for a teenager your age, gender and activity
level (30 -60 minutes a day). Use food/meals only found in the ISM cafeteria.
Requirements
• The plan must include a breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2 snacks per day.
• List details of what a meal contains including serving sizes (Chicken teriyaki
-3 oz chicken, 1 cup mixed vegetables, 1 cup of rice)
• Use the Food pyramid as a guide for age, gender and activity level (30 -60
minutes a day) and show the correct recommended amount from each group
for you on the menu also. (Grains – 8oz, dairy – 3cups, fruit – 2 cups etc...)
• Use a wide variety of foods. (Different meals everyday)
• List healthy options not high fat or high sugar items.
• Colorful /appealing for your teenage audience.
• Good use of IT skills.
** 2 class periods will be given to complete this task. Remember to check out all the
options available in the cafeteria in the morning, snack time and lunch time.

2. Healthy Menu Plan -Grading Criteria
Healthy Eating Menu Rubric (Grade 8)
Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging Comments
Level A 100% A- B 88% B- C+ 76% C- D+ 64% D-
Content 6. 1.
/Information 7. The student correctly8. The student 9. The student correctly The student did not
identified excellent correctly identified identified some healthy correctly identify
healthy foods choices good healthy foods foods choices for 3 or more any healthy foods
for every meal and choices for most of meals and some variety in choices for any meal
snack with a great the meals with colors and foods. or snack.
variety in colors and good variety in
foods. colors and foods.
Details 10. 11. Student did not
(Explanation) The student The student described describe the serving
The student
described a good some correct serving sizes sizes or correct food
accurately described
amount of correct and correct food groups. groups.
all the serving sizes
serving sizes and
and correct food
correct food
groups.
groups.
Creative 12.
(Use of The student was able The student was The student was able to The student was not
graphics and to create an able to create a create a simple menu with able to create a
IT skills) attractive well well-presented some graphics. menu and could not
designed menu using menu with some IT use IT skills.
IT skills. Excellent skills. Good use of
use of graphics. graphics.
Interpretation- The student created The student The student created a The student did not
(transferred an extremely well- created a good somewhat well-balanced create a well-
knowledge ) balanced menu plan well-balanced menu plan according to balanced menu plan
according to their menu plan their recommended My according to their
recommended My according to their Pyramid information. recommended My
Pyramid information. recommended My Pyramid
Pyramid information.
information.
Empathy The student was The student was The student was open to The student was not
open to other diet open to other diet other diet choices by open to other diet
choices by showing a choices by showing showing at least two food choices.
wide range of food at least three types (ie. Vegetarianism,
types (ie. example of food restrictions, religion )
Vegetarianism, food different food types
restrictions, religion ) (ie. Vegetarianism,
food restrictions,
religion )
TOTAL Grade =__________