LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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 4.01

Compare and contrast the health effects of nutritious and non-nutritious beverages.

Resources aligned to this objective

Fast food frolics
Students will research nutritional guides from local fast food restaurants. Based on this research, students will compare menus for nutritional values and create healthy and unhealthy meal advertisement posters.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Healthful Living)
By Lisa Pastor.

Resources on the web

What is your favorite?
Fourth in an eight-part series. Students make human line plots and circle graphs, then draw them on paper and use a website to generate them. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Hey, mom! What's for breakfast?
Students work in cooperative groups to learn about food use throughout the world. They will discuss causes and cures of world hunger and use map skills to investigate the production and distribution of food worldwide. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
Can you picture it?
Students collect data about favorite vegetables, record the data in a pictograph, and then interpret this representation. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics