Servings 05/22/16

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Summary: This week in class we learned about serving sizes and calories. A calorie is energy and 1 calorie is enough energy to heat something up 1 degrees Celsius. Serving sizes are about the about of food someones should eat to help control calories. My Plate is the new way of serving sizes where it shows how much of your plate should each of the food groups be in Fruits: 20% Protein 20% Dairy: 20% Grains: 30% Vegetables: 30%.


 SP2: Developing and using models:
In class we developed a model by taking a food pyramid and placing how many servings of each of each food group we eat. We used the model by taking the information and applying that to our diet to keep us healthy!

Food Systems 5/14

http://www.physicalactivitynetwork.ca/food-system

Summary: This week in class we learned about food systems. A food system is the process of how food gets for being on the tree into our mouth. But in every step of a food system food is being wasted and we need to stop that. FUN FACT 259 Million chocolate bars are wasted every year!

SP2: Developing and using models:

In class we developed a model by getting paper writing three lines on the paper and the drawing a picture after that writing the description and why food is wasted then we colored it in. We used the models to see why food was being wasted in each segment of the system and how we can stop that!

Trash to Treasure 05/08

http://www.ci.white-bear-township.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B0AB97692-2975-4AC4-ABC3-E6A9F48DEE0D%7D&DE=%7B611BCB19-A2BB-4BBE-B588-48A1AD466D5F%7D

Summary: This week in class we learned about recycling. It is important to recycle because all the things we throw away go to the landfill. Recycling is where you take trash and turn it into treasure. Throwing things away can cause the ozone layer to break down by greenhouse gases like methane or they can harm animals by making them sick or strangling them and more!


Backward looking:  I feel like I have gotten better at this kind of work because before I started this I wasn't big on building things. After this project I feel like I have improved a great deal because now I have experience in using math with figuring out the size and most importantly knowing how much work has to go into the project. 

Inward looking: What I found frustrating about this project is that just about half way through the project my duct tape stopped working and would stick together. So I had to wait for help from a friend and I ended up using some packing tape. 

Outward looking: One people I would like everyone to notice about my project is how much work I put into it.  It not just about the project, it is about the environment and the entire world.  Without recycling there would be way more waste and it would have a deeper effect on the ozone and people would have to wear sunglasses all the time. 

Forward looking:  I would definitely like to improve upon my skills with working and building things like bird houses.  When I grow up I would like to build my own house and also help others with building.  It would be cool to have a connection with kids in the future, because they would building at a young age and I would be building too, just in a different way.