Fast Food Fun

worth 6 pts. each (18 points total, if you do all three)

If you're interested in this extra credit, make sure you've done Shopping Spree first so you understand the basics of Google Spreadsheets!

If you like using Google Spreadsheets, this might be for you! You will study and analyze nutritional information about FAST-FOOD while developing habits that make us successful in school, the work world, and life.  How healthy are fries?  Cheeseburgers? Pizza? Happy Meals?  Using Google Spreadsheets, students will compare nutrition facts such as Calories, Fat Calories, Sodium, Protein or Cholesterol.

First, lets review information on nutrition and fast food using the following resources.

• 1. 1. How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label

     2. Fast Facts About Fast Food

     3. Hungry Planet: What The World Eats (Pictures!)

Now you are ready to explore some fast food sites to plan your project. You must decide what nutritional facts you will compare using Google Spreadsheets.  Fries?  Cheeseburgers? Pizza? Happy Meals?  Your choice! Check out the nutrition facts for each restaurant on the bulleted list below.

• McDonald's 

• Burger King  

• Wendy's (must click each individual item to get nutrition facts)

• Hardee's/Carl's Jr.

• Arby's

• Taco Bell

• KFC  

• Have another restaurant in mind? Sure! Go to their web page and look for Nutrition Facts.

Then, do this:

• 1. 1. Create a new spreadsheet.

     2. Create a set of cells that lists at least four food products from four different fast food restaurants.

     3. Adjacent to that, list at least four nutrition facts (for example, number of calories, or grams of fat).

     4. Below that, add the totals (use the SUM function) and find an average for each nutrition fact (use the AVERAGE function).

     5. Press Insert -> Drawing, and create a text box containing four to five sentences about the facts that you have found by examining these items.

     6. Insert a chart breaking down all the items with each listed value.

     7. Insert three pictures from the internet.

If any of these directions are confusing, please see my example! After you're done, call me around to check this. You may do this up to three times for a total of 18 points.

Can I do this extra credit from home?: TOTALLY YES