Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 356 you have an excessive amount of each in the diet? an insufficient amount? Also investigate good food sources of these minerals. 8. Health literacy. Choose one vitamin or mineral and investigate the amounts present in same-size portions of three fruits and three vegetables. Use charting software to make a graph illustrating the amounts present. 9. Leadership and responsibility. As a member of the fitness club at your school, you have been nominated and put in charge of organizing a voluntary exercise program for club members after school. The fitness club meets for one hour after school one day each week. Research information using the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Organize fitness activities centering on aerobic, muscle- strengthening, and bone-strengthening activities. Be sure to allow time for adequate warm-up, workout, and cooldown periods. Include ideas for keeping peers motivated to participate. Share your plan with the class. 10. Critical thinking and problem solving. A friend from school and work confides in you about her struggle with an eating disorder and makes you promise not to tell anyone about it. You’ve noticed over a period of time that your friend’s productivity at work is declining. You have concern about her health and life. You wonder if you should talk with your friend’s parents or the school counselor about your observations about her apparent symptoms of this condition. What should you do? What is the best way to practice integrity in this situation? What decision is best for your friend? Write a response for how you would respond in this situation. Core Skills 11. Science. Research the different types of amino acids, including chemical structure. Research the function of DNA as a protein template. Report your findings in class. 12. Writing. Research Doris Calloway and Carl Pfeiffer and their contributions to the nutrition and dietetics fields. How were their approaches to nutrition similar? different? Write a report on your findings. 13. History, writing. Write a paper about the history of nutrition that addresses the following questions: When was the first nutrient discovered? Were the nutrients discovered by scientists focused on understanding human nutrition? How old is the actual science of human nutrition? 14. Reading. Research current articles about spine and brain development in fetuses. Find an article in which folic acid is mentioned. Summarize your findings in a written report. 15. Research, writing. Choose one tropical fruit and prepare a research report on it. Identify the regions and climate in which it grows, and the cost of transporting it to the continental United States. 16. Math. Find out how to determine the amount of fat and saturated fat in your diet so you can follow the percentage guidelines. Report your findings to the class. 17. Math, writing. Conduct a survey to find out if males and females are equally concerned about weight. Develop