WebQuest

Good Will Chefs for a Day

A WebQuest for 7th Grade (math)

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction

You have just found out that your best friend Toni is living in a local shelter because his Dad lost his job. You are devastated and want to help in some way. You have thought about many different ways of helping but they all seem so meaningless. Finally you decide to contact the local Soup Kitchen, Our Daily Bread and find out what would be the best way to help your friend. They indicate that one way to help is donate money for the breakfast and lunch program they offer on a daily basis. At this point, you ask if you and a couple of your friends could plan and buy a whole days menu for the entire Kitchen. The Nun is so happy with this idea, she agrees.

You contact your friends and tell them what you want to do for Toni. They all agree that it would be a great service to Toni as well as the other homeless people in the community. You pool your money and find out that you have $100.00. As a group, you decide that you will compare shop and create a menu using the money you have pooled. You also decide that the left over money will be donated to Toni and his family.

The Task

You will have 1 week to complete this project.
You and a partner are to plan a menu that meets the US RDA (United States Recommended Daily Allowance) for the soup kitchen.
Your next objective is to compare shop for the items you will need for your menu. You want to get the most for your money so you have some left for Toni.
Finally you will need to e-mail the Baltimore Sun explaining what you did and ask them to publish an article to encourage other people to contribute in this way.

The Process

You must first pick a partner you feel comfortable working with for the entire project.
Your starting point will be to browse Our Daily Bread site and find out more information about the organization. At this point, you will have to figure out the amount of people you will serve each meal. You may pull down the calculator in the file menu to help you with this task.
Next you and your partner must view the food pyramid to help create a menu. You must follow the recommendations of the US RDA when choosing your meals. Remember, for each meal you will be serving a large number of people. (When creating your menu, first brainstorm what would make a good, healthy, economical meal.)
Once your menu is set up, you can browse the following sites Food Lion, Giant, and Super Fresh. Compare shop for the best prices.
After you compare shop, create a spreadsheet (when you click on this link, click on open it and then enter) to compare the prices of the items you will need to buy for your meals. (Remember, the total you spend must be less then $100).
Finally, you must compose an e-mail to the Baltimore Sun detailing what you did and how you would like them to publish an article to encourage other members of the community to contribute in the same way.

The group that has the most money left over at the end of the project will be the champs.

Chefs Evaluation Rubric

Graded Areas	Exemplary	Good	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement	Score
Menu (group grade)	30 Meets all US RDA requirements, has the potential for feeding a large number of people and is written clearly	20 Meets most of the requirements, has the potential for feeding a large number of people and is written fairly clear	10 Meets some of the requirements, can feed a fairly large amount and is written with some clarity	5 Meets only a minimal amount of the requirments, can't feed a large number of people and is not clearly written
Spreadsheet (group grade)	30 Contains titles and labels, reflects price comparisons of at least 5 different foods and contains at least one graph	20 Contains titles and labels, reflects price comparisons of at least 4 different foods	10 Contains titles and labels, reflects price comparisons of 3 different foods	5 Contains some labels and titles, reflects price comparisons of 3 different food
e-mail (individual grade)	40 Contains an in-depth summary of the steps involved in your project and is written clearly and grammatically correct	30 Contains a summary which includes all the steps in your project and is written with very few mistakes	20 Contains a summary which includes some of the steps and has only a few mistakes	10 contains a very vague summary which details only a few of your steps

What's It All About?

Now that you are an expert on planning, preparing and buying food for a soup kitchen, you should feel very accomplished. As you have seen, it is not an easy task to supply food for such an organization. Just imagine doing it every day with little to no money. If you think you would like to donate either money or time to a worthy cause you might want to check out Catholic Charities

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