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 4.05

Differentiate between a portion and a serving and explain how to plan meals and snacks using appropriate portion sizes.

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.
Cloudy with a chance of... what?
Students will enjoy reading about a town where no one ever goes hungry because the sky provides food while learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts and Science)
By BJ Larson and Paula Sharpe.

Resources on the web

What is the best chip?
In this lesson, from Illuminations, students use data analysis to seek answers to the types of questions often posed by consumer agencies and people who work in sales and marketing. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 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