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__**WELCOME TO THE FAB FOUR WIKI **__ **Created by Mandy Chalmers, Jo Kolk, Stacey St Quintin & Sue Wade **

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Overweight and obesity in children is a major health issue in Australia. Statistics tell us that in 2007-2008 one quarter of Australian children aged between 5 and 17 years old were overweight or obese (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2009). These statistics are frightening! It is essential that the importance of nutrition and healthy eating is taught to children. Asking children to create a video to promote healthy eating is one authentic way of teaching students about this very important topic. It gives students the opportunity to learn and discover many helpful resources that can further their understanding of healthy eating, as well as providing knowledge for students to make independent food choices. = = =__ TASK OVERVIEW __= =TOPIC: Making Healthy Eating Choices= =YEAR LEVEL: Year Seven= =SUBJECT AREAS: Health, IT, English=

The activity we have suggested is asking the students to create a video to promote healthy eating. It is up to the students to decide how they would like to present the video although some suggestions could be a song, poem or play. The task plan suggests that students will have one hour a week for six weeks. The first week will be sharing with their group and then the rest of the class their own thoughts and prior knowledge about nutrition and healthy eating for children. Week two will be dedicated to researching (as a group) nutrition and healthy eating for children, week three will see the students writing up their performance for the video, week four is planning the roles and props for the video, week five filming and the last week presentation of the video and evaluation. (Detailed information about each lesson can be viewed on our teachers page)

Links to Australian Curriculum: The Australian Curriculum, Year 7, (pdf file)Scope and Sequence: []

Please find below our group's video presentation that provides details about our wiki space, our authentic task and how we created this wiki space.

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