The goal of this personal project is to find out about nutrition habits that benefit performance in athletic competition. The topic of this project is nutrition for athletes. This is interesting because nutrition is something that is stressed by parents, coaches, and teammates, but is often a topic that people are misinformed in or have misconceptions about. This personal project explores the different nutritional needs of athletes, which include sufficient caloric and nutrient intake, adequate hydration, and timing of meals. The information gained in this project will be used to help young athletes become more aware of the impact of nutrition on athletic performance and provide information that will improve athletic performance.
In order to accomplish this goal, it will be necessary to find reliable resources that can be used to find specific information on the topic, organize the information, and create a report and poster that show the information. The process of accomplishing this goal will be kept track of in an online process
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The project taught methods of formal research, annotation, and evaluation of sources. It also taught decision making based on acquired knowledge, and using information to create a final product to convey information to other students. It was also important to learn to set goals, self-manage, and organize to stay on task and complete the full process on time. The project required a paper of over 1500 words using MLA format. This required attention to detail and requirements to meet a specific format, and is important to learn for future IB or job papers. Finally, the presentation had several requirements, including a time requirement, dress requirement, the explanation of a product, and receiving and answering questions. In order to meet these requirements, practice was helpful, to make the presentation flow smoothly, as well as learning to be calm and professional for an