Proposal

For my graduation project, I will be stocking the vending machines at Springfield Township High School. I will be working with the school, student council, and Mrs. Ward to successfully accomplish my goal of filling the vending machines with healthy food (fitting the required guidelines), and food that the kids will buy. As a result of my project, the vending machines will be stocked in the high school and will be available to students and athletes after school. Since the product will be available after school, my experience will be demonstrated. To complete my project, I will research snacks and other foods and check to make sure they meet the guidelines provided by the state. I have already been told that I will be allowed to use the vending machines, and they are waiting in storage, empty, waiting for me to stock them. The project will not be too hard to complete. All that is needed is the vending machines and the snacks. I will need to order the snacks through the school. I will need a computer and the state food guidelines.

For my research topic, I am researching the proper nutrition and an athletes diet and performance. My research question is "How does a high school athletes diet impact their performance?" I have been interested with this topic, or just the topic of nutrition in general, for a very long time. I am an athlete and I have both witnessed and experienced both the bad nutrition's impact on my performance and a good diets impact on my performance. Since I am a swimmer, it is obvious when an athletes diet gets worse because their times decrease. Athletes will benefit from this investigation, as will inactive teenagers because a healthy diet is key to performing well in all aspects of life. For my potential resources, please refer to my annotated bibliography pages and my sources page.