| Purpose: |
To allow 6th through
8th grade students an opportunity to learn about
the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Food
Guide Pyramid, and the Nutrition Facts Label.
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| Objectives: |
- Students will identify factors that influence
their food choices.
- Students will learn to use the three tools
to help them make healthful food choices.
- Students will be able to identify the five
food groups and the proper number of servings
and serving size from each group.
- Students will apply their knowledge of
the Dietary Guidelines, the Food Guide Pyramid,
and the Nutrition Facts label to create a
commercial for the purpose of teaching young
children about the three tools
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Summary of Learning Activities:
Making Choices
Worksheet
Students will identify factors in their life that
influence the things that they eat and why. The worksheet
may me turned in as an assignment.
Pyramid Activity
Students will be asked to print an empty Food Guide
Pyramid from the site. Students will keep a food record
for one day. They will then place the foods they have
eaten in the appropriate category on the Pyramid,
and count the total in each group. Please help them
to remember serving sizes and combination foods. They
will then turn the assignment in to you.
Nutrition Facts
Activity
Students identify the important parts of the label
by sliding their mouse over the label to get some
pop-up messages. You can also have several sample
labels from food products available for students to
do some further checking. The Nutrition Label Matching
Game is an activity in which the students will put
back the pieces of a Nutrition Facts Label much like
a jig saw puzzle.
Supplemental Activities
The following are additional assignments
you can use with your students as they explore their
food culture.
Design-It Fun
Students have the opportunity to
design their own commercial. The commercial should
be designed to persuade young children to eat a fresh
vegetable or fruit for a snack. If possible, the students
should present their commercial to their target group.
After the presentation have them fill out a comments
report.
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