Team Nutrition: Blast Off to Healthy Eating

Team Nutrition is a project of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Part of its education efforts include the creation of a computer game to teach young people about healthy eating.

Student Assignement: Brendon
What is Team Nutrition and what is the organization trying to do? Write a news story that explains the five W's of Team Nutrition:

• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Why

Also, review Team Nutrition's new computer game and point readers to this educational page. What do you find most interesting about it? Consider htthe following questions:

• What is the game like to play?
• What ages is it most appropriate for?
• What do you like best about the game?
• What would you change?
• Did you find any bugs (or mistakes in the game)?

The White House Bird

Student Assignment: Anya

Write about the history of the White House bird. Include images for each president. Use this link for your images and information. Remember to identify your source.

Also, include how the turkey became such a central part of this holiday. Use Wikipedia as your source.

Turkey Cartoon

Create a cartoon about Thanksgiving using this Flash application. Then create a fun story using this application.