OUR HEALTH EXPERIMENT

Project Goal:
Students will choose one healthy food and eat it every day for 2 weeks. (This one healthy food choice is added to the regular everyday diet.) Please still eat the same, just add the one food everyday.

They will track how they feel before and after eating it, collect data, and create a science board showing their results.

Student Directions

Choose one healthy food to eat daily for 14 days.
Examples: apples, bananas, oatmeal, yogurt, eggs, salad, carrots, nuts, berries, avocado, sweet potato, or a healthy smoothie.

Students may eat the food in the afternoon at lunch in school and must bring it to school everyday. 

Science Board OR Poster Must Include

Title:
Example: How Eating Oatmeal Every Day Affects My Energy

Question:
How will eating this healthy food every day for 2 weeks affect how I feel?

Hypothesis:
Example: I think eating a banana every day will give me more energy and help me feel better after school.

Materials:
List the food and anything used to track results.

Experiment/Procedure:
Explain what you did each day.

Data Chart:
Track each day:

• Date
• Food eaten
• Time eaten
• How I felt before
• How I felt after
• Energy level 1–5
• Mood level 1–5
• Notes

Pictures:
Include pictures of the food, the student eating it, or the daily log.

Summary/Conclusion:
Explain what happened after 2 weeks. Did the food help? Did your hypothesis come true?

Daily Log Example

Final Presentation

Students will present their board to the class and explain:

• What food they chose
• Why they chose it
• Their hypothesis
• Their data
• Their final results

Reminder

The food must be a healthy choice and safe for the student to eat. Students should not choose anything they are allergic to.