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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 4–5 Healthful Living)
By Lisa Pastor.
Healthy foods = super kids
This lesson focuses on how the foods we eat affect our bodies in both beneficial and harmful ways. Students will learn that grains provide energy; vegetables are needed for healthy skin, hair and eyes; fruits help the body heal, milk builds strong bones and teeth; meat builds muscle and gives strength; and sweets, fats, and oils are high in calories and give few vitamins and minerals and do little to help our bodies grow.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Healthful Living)
By Phyllis Bass and Rubetta Carr.
M&M cafe
Students will be divided into small groups and be required to come up with two balanced meals and one unbalanced meal using breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Healthful Living)
By Barbara Money.
Spreadsheets for dinner
Students will identify spreadsheet terms, create a spreadsheet about nutritional content of foods, and add the columns of the spreadsheet.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living)
By Laurie Myers.
To eat or not to eat
After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, students will sort the foods the caterpillar ate by foods they need or don't need for their body.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
By Karlyn Sugg.