TIP PROFILE

School:	Hanau Middle School

TIP Title:  Where is the Fat?

Participation:  Pilot Teacher

Project Starting Date:	08-NOV-1995

Completion Date: 28-JAN-1996

Number of Students:	50

Grades:  8

Special Populations: 
 Heterogeneous 
 Special Education students

Student-improvement emphasis:
 Nutritional intake of fat
 Academic Performance
 Homework

Curriculum Emphasis:
 Health
 Family & Consumer Science (Home Economics)

Instructional Strategy Emphasis:
 Individualized Instruction
 Small Group
 Large Group
 Hands-On Approach
 Project-Based
 Cooperative Learning

Technology Types:
 Video
 Computer

Student Technology Applications:
 Word Processing
 Educational computer software for report

Teacher Technology Applications:
 On-Line Research
 Lesson Plan Development
 Telecommunications
 Instructional Management
 Information Management
 Wordprocessing
 Record Keeping
 Home-School Communication
 Simulation/ Modeling
 Grading

INTERVENTION PLAN


Student Outcomes:
 1. Students will be able to read a nutritional facts label and
     determine if the food meets the recommended dietary allowance
     of 30% or less fat.
 2. Students will be able to apply information shown in the Food Guide
     Pyramid to their daily food intake.
 3. Using the above information, students will make healthy food
     choices of 30% or less fat in their daily food intake.

Teacher Outcomes:
  Learn to use computer technology as a teaching tool.
  Learn how to access the Internet and find educational resources.
  Learn to use the Teacher Associate and Sheperd to manage my
  information and instruction.
  Learn how to share Family and Conmsumer Science, and Health
  information with other teachers.

Instructional Plan:
The curricular and instructional focus of this TIP is the study of fat in
the daily diet.  The students will learn the elements of good nutrition,
including recommended dietary allowances, reading food labels, using the
fat intake recommendations of the American Heart Association, and tracking
their daily food intake to determine fat consumption.  The students will
work in cooperative groups to develop a list of high fat foods and a 
list of comparable food 30% fat.  They will research and collect recipes of foods
they would eat which are low in fat.  The students will learn to keep a
food diary and analyze their daily food intake with a computer software
program.  They will use the Internet to access resources and experts on
proper nutrition.  The students will learn the elements of multimedia
presentations including storyboarding, using graphics, script writing,
adding sound clips, and information integration.  The final product will
be student produced multimedia reports.

Technology Integration:
 1. Teacher Associate for lesson planning and TIP.
 2. Sheperh for research materials storage and Internet searching for
     information and educational materials.
 3. Instructional videos.
 4. Computer software for student use to record and analyze their 2 day
     food diary.

TIP Assessment:
 Pre & post testing dietary intake & writing.
 Student Projects
 Teacher-made tests

Existing Resources:
 Fast Food
 Food for Thought
 Food Pyramid
 Food Label
 Better homes and Gardens Cookbook
 Nutritional Label Lingo Worksheet
 Personal nutrition books - Food, Stop the Insanity, T-Factor Diet
 Pentium PC with CD ROM
 IBM compatible computer
 VCR and monitor
 Apple lab
 IBM lab

New Resources: 
 1.  6 or lab pack or sight license whichever is cheaper
 2.  The Diet Balancer, $79.95
 3.  Pyramid Power and Labelology nutrition software update, $89.95 ea
 4.  Dr. Healthnsteins Body Fun, $49.95 (multimedia)
 5.  5 multimedia PC's preferrably with CD ROM to expand this TIP second
      semester
 6.  2 videos: Nutrition Food Labels (the inside story on What's inside 1994 version)
 7.  The Food Guide Pyramid:  Contemporary Nutrition

Professional Development Resources:
 1. Assistance in using Technology Applications.
 2. Identification of cirriculum and instructional resources including
     courseware and software.
 3. Training in integration of technology into the curriculum.
 4. On-line CAETI support to identify resouces.

On-Going Support:
 1.  Help to set up new computers and help in running software
      and in finding resources on the Internet
 2.  Help from other ARPA teachers as needed
 3.  Help in further use of technology in developing other units
 4.  Volunteers assistance for student groups use software program.

Estimated time needed to design and implement your TIP:
 3 days
 Additional time is needed to do daily lesson plan and time to learn to use
 new computer and IBM or Apple Computer lab.

Resources Needed
 Dietitian as a guest speaker and as a resource person.  
 Latest dietary recommendations for children on the
 Internet.  Additinal computers in the classroom ,  problems with
 the IBM computer lab is heavily scheduled; Apple Lab is more available, but
 Apple programs seem to be older.  Current information for the new
 nutritional guidelines is needed.

IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
 2 day food diary:  November, 1995; January, April, May, 1996
 Present Lessons:  November, 1995; April, 1996
 Reserve computer lab:  October, December, 1995; March, May, 1996
 Use computer software: August, 1995 through June, 1996
 Learn use of PC lab: October, 1995; April, 1996;
 Order software:  August, September, 1995;
 Check. existing resources: September, 1995.
 Develop Lesson Plan:  August, September, 1995; April, 1996;
 Evaluate TIP:  January, June, 1996;