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FCS Contest Opportunities

Option 2 - Hands On Interactive

Youth utilize food pictures and worksheet to create menu and record food group, portion size, calories, saturated fat, sodium and total carbohydrates. (Format used for 2016 State Intermediate Contest at Kansas State Fair.)

Pros - youth can work as a team; variety of choices presented; rubric provides feedback about what is included/omitted when scored

Cons - scoring requires accurate numbers from photo cards (which aren’t always correctly transcribed by youth)

How to implement:

1. Acquire food photo cards with nutrition facts
2. Optional: print ChooseMyPlate placemats (English Spanish). SNAP-Ed counties can get free Plot Your Plate tear pads.
3. Print MyPlate Daily Checklists for various age groups and calorie needs. We recommend selecting different checklist options for intermediate and senior age groups.
4. Youth can write down their full day food choices on the back of MyPlate Daily checklist OR use the lunch/snack choice worksheet PDF Word. (Make 1 copy of worksheet per team)
5. Optional - take photograph of youth with their plate/food pictures.
6. Utilize the Lunch/Snack Choice Rubric PDF Word to score and return to youth.