Food and the Future Environment

Formative Assessment

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Using a Diet Assessment Tool

Instructions

In this assessment, you will use an online diet assessment tool to test how different foods contribute to the total nutrients in a daily diet. You will follow along in the instruction sheet, and log the nutrient content (e.g. calories, total fat, vitamin C) for each diet option in an excel spreadsheet, to be able to compare the diets.

Download both the instructions and worksheet (word doc) and the excel spreadsheet for logging the results. The spreadsheet has color-coding of cells to transform the data you log into a color that indicates deficiency or sufficiency, which will help you to interpret the result.

We will use the tool My Food Record for this assessment. Important: you should use the "one day analysis" under the "analyze" tab so that you do not have to create an account and can just log in as a guest. You should open this online nutrition assessment tool in an adjoining window or a different browser, so you can see the instructions for the assessment and the online tool at the same time.

Submitting Your Assignment

For on-line class you will complete the spreadsheet and worksheet and then use your answers to take the formative assessment quiz. The quiz is worth 20 points.

For hybrid class, please submit your assignment in Canvas.

Grading Information and Rubric (for hybrid class)

Your assignment will be evaluated based on the following rubric. The maximum grade for the assignment is 25 points.

Rubric
Criteria Possible points awarded
Correct use of diet analysis tool and excel "scorecard" for diets in cases 3, 4, 6, and 7 8 points
Short answers to questions in formative worksheet text (6 answer areas, 2 points each) 12 points
Grammar and style in sentence and paragraph answers 5 points