The students will be evaluated both individually and as a group. A rubric will be used in the overall analysis of the projects. Top Extensions Students can look at timelines of inventions throughout history. Using the resources below, as well as others, students can form opinions about how these inventions have contributed to obesity. Not all inventions have contributed to obesity.
Students can also conclude what inventions have helped in the prevention of obesity.
The Media History Project Timeline Students can predict the future by going to the website listed below. Students again may do presentations, papers, posters, brochures to predict obesity's future. Hopefully this lesson should have informed your students about the growing problems of obesity in the youth of today. The students should have learned about some of the contributing factors of obesity as well as the promotion of healthy eating and exercise.