Got Broccoli?
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A lesson plan for grades 4–5 Healthful Living and Science
This Science NetLinks lesson encapsulates what students have learned about nutrients, their different forms, and their importance for particular tasks in the body. It works in conjunction with Why We Need Food and Good Food, Good Health, which are Science NetLinks lessons on the digestive system and how vitamins and minerals help the body function, respectively. In this lesson, students are asked to look critically at the advertising claims of foods they eat, recognizing those that ascribe unrealistic, emotional, or psychological benefits to foods, rather than nutritional benefits.
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 4.08: Provide examples of how the media and advertisers use persuasive techniques to influence food purchasing decisions.
Grade 5
- 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: Analyze how media images of food choices and eating behaviors may be unhealthy.
Science (2005)
Grade 4
- Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of how food provides energy and materials for growth and repair of the body.
- Objective 4.03: Discuss how foods provide both energy and nutrients for living organisms.
