Math fast food project: Welcome This week long lesson package is intended to do three things Get students using a range of mathematical strategies to understand the nutritional value of fast food. Make students aware of the nutritional value of fast food and also identify how much exercise is required to burn it off. Make students think twice about eating fast food once they understand the long term effects it can have on their bodies. The lesson plan is put together in a PowerPoint format that you can edit to add any other fast food franchises or change to suit the needs of your students although the content within the presentation should easily meet the needs of your students without any alteration required. The Content is broken into four one 60 - 90 minute lessons and would easily account for a weeks worth of maths once you get your students to present their results and reflect upon their learning.

Most of your students probably love fast food, and maybe it’s your guilty pleasure too. But do they know what’s in it? This no-prep required, multi-disciplinary project will keep them engaged as they learn. Flexibility is a key part of this lesson package. As an editable PowerPoint, you can add local franchise menus to suit anyone’s taste. No time for that? No problem. We have filled this with globally popular food, so you can just open the file and go with no prep. With four 60-90 minute lessons and a class to present results, everyone will be busy for at least a week. Your kids will accomplish three goals in the course of this project: 1.) Students will learn to use a range of mathematical strategies to understand the nutritional value of fast food. 2.) They will gain awareness of the nutritional value of fast food and identify how much exercise is required to burn off all those calories. 3.) Students will start to think twice about eating fast food once they understand the long-term effects it can have on their bodies. If this sounds intriguing and you would like more creative ideas and new product updates like this, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.