After several weeks of planning, Mr Calos and I have finally decided on what topic to work on this semester. The goal of my project is to see what kinds of nutrition in breakfast food will help raise student's academic performance. I started research about different breakfast foods, and what effect they have on academic performance. I narrowed down to two types, fast burning food and slow burning food. Fast burning food means that it is not going to help you last until lunch time, hence, you will feel hungry very soon. Some examples are french toast, waffles, pancakes, danish, and sugary cereal. Slow burning means that it will help you last until lunch time. Some examples are eggs, bacon, hash, bagel with cream cheese or peanut butter, whole grain bread or cereal, sausage and fruits.
I also set up a meeting with Kevin Bayer, the director of food service, to ask him questions about nutrition. He told me examples of fast burning and slow burning food, specific ingredients that help academic performance and more. It was a great opportunity to learn more about food and nutrition.
My next step of the project is planning the experiment!
Joy, this is a great post! You include lots of detail, and you related your activities to the broader aspects of your project.
ReplyDeleteYou should have two more posts by now. At least one for January and one for February. You are required to have two posts per month. Please let me know when you have added these.