Instructions for MyPyramid Planner Assignment

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Instructions for MyPyramid Planner Assignment

• Family Consumer Sciences
• Nutrition Grade 8

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Find document in PENDo You Think You Eat
Healthy?
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Save the document into your personal folder.
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Double-click in header
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Enter info into header
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Format header neatly and save
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Log on to www.mypyramid.gov
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Find Menu Planner link
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Enter Name, Age, Gender and Physical Activity
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Register
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Create your own User ID and Password
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You have successfully registered for MyPyramid
Menu Planner
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Type User ID and Password into document so you
wont forget!
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Click on Menu PlannerEnter a food item
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Select the amount you ate, the Meal time, and
the Add ons
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Notice how you are achieving your daily goals as
you enter your menu
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Add your entire days menu. Verify what you
input.
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Click on Reports, then Daily Menu
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Review your Daily Menu Report
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Click on Print and print out 1 copy
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Use this report page to answer the questions in
the document Do You Think You Eat Healthy?
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Analyze your meal by answering these questions
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Compare what you ate, to your daily goal. Was it
over, under or the right amount?
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Compare My Menu against your Goal
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After answering all 31 comparison questions,
complete the Reflection questions.
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Answers must include full sentences, appropriate
spelling, grammar and punctuation!
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Use modern technology to help you! Under Tools
select Spelling
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Follow instructions to print out your answer
pages, staple together with the report sheet and
put it in your folder.
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Only print out answer pages 2 3
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Staple together neatly.Find out due date from
your teacher.
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Email the assignment to yourself using PEN if you
need or would like to work on it at home.