Healthy eating
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In this lesson, the third of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Eat Your Veggies,” students collect data about the food knowledge of class members. They will create bar graphs, pose and answer questions about the data by looking at the graphs, and find the range and mode. The NCTM Process Standards of Communication and Representation play major roles in this lesson.
This lesson is referenced in the Illuminations unit plan titled “Eat Your Veggies” and is connected to the Illuminations lessons titled “Tally Time,” “Healthy Eating,” “What Is Your Favorite?,” “Let’s Compare,” “Alphabet Soup,” “Glyphs for all Reasons,” and “Eat Your Veggies: Looking Back and Moving Forward.”
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Healthful Living Education (2006)
Grade 4
- Goal 4: The learner will apply knowledge and behavior self management skills to areas of nutrition and physical activity for healthy growth, development, and maintenance.
- Objective 4.04: Demonstrate the ability to plan healthy meals and snacks that emphasize the principles of My Pyramid.
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 4
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs, probability, and data analysis.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including line graphs and bar graphs) to solve problems.
- Objective 4.02: Describe the distribution of data using median, range and mode.
- Objective 4.03: Solve problems by comparing two sets of related data.
