Unit Summary
Unit's objectives:
1) Students will learn the foods that make up each food group.
2) Students will learn the number of servings in a day that should be eaten in each food group.
3) Students will learn the following nutrients you get from food and their role in health: calcium, carbohydrates, cholestrol, fat, fiber, minerals, protein, and vitamins.
4) Students will learn how to make a meal and a day's menu from foods on the food pyramid.
More details of the above objectives will be given in each lesson.
Student's Materials For Each Lesson:
paper and pencil to take notes
scissors for each student
glue
A large sheet of paper for each lesson big enough to cover a bulletin board
pictures of food from newspapers and magazines or ditto sheets with pictures of food to be colored in
crayons (option for lessons 1-4 and 6, must use for lesson 5)
blank sheet of paper for each student(lesson 5 and 6 only)
4 different colors of construction paper(lesson 6 only)
Directions For Each Lesson:
Teacher' Materials For Each Lesson:
textbook on nutrition
the book: "Nutrition What's in the Food We Eat" by: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
food pyramid chart
Directions For Each Lesson:
The teacher will ask the students to name foods they already know in each food group. Then use a textbook on nutrition, the food pyramid chart, and the book: "Nutrition What's in the Food We Eat". First show pictures and say the name of each of foods being taught in the lesson to meet objective 1. Next teach the number of servings to be eaten in one day for that food group, as mentioned in objective 2 in lesson 1-4. Read to the students the definition of the nutrients named in objective 3 in lesson 1-4. After teaching each lesson have students help pass out the materials for the art part of the lesson. The students will cut out pictures of food from that food group from newspapers and magazines or you can use the option of using dito sheets with pictues of food for the students to color. Use the cut out pictures of food from that food group to make a class collage. Use a large sheet of paper to put the collage to place on the bulletin board or another place inside the classroom of in the hallway.Then have students clean up their own mess at the end of each lesson. Repeat these directions for lessons 2 to 4. Different directions will be given on lesson 5 and 6. When doing the next lesson you could review foods from previous lessons. Do this by asking the students what food from this food group can go with a food from a previous food group to make a meal or a snack.
Evaluation of Unit:
You will evaluate each student after they make their own food pyramid and one day's menu on their food pyramid in lesson 6. You will look and see if each student has the correct number of servings from each food group on their food pyrmid. The servings will have a range. For example the Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta Group has 6-11 servings. You are to make sure each student has no fewer than 6 foods and no more than 11 foods from this food group. Look for the same in each food group. Foods can be repeated, like a student can have 2 apples for a snack which would count as 2 servings from that food group.
Closure of Unit:
Ask students what they have learned about the food pyramid, food groups, making a meal, making a day's menu. Also ask how students felt using art to help them learn the unit. Ask students if their knowledge of the food groups, and their art skills improved with each lesson. Ask the students how they felt doing indivdual art work in lessons 1-5 then having their art work be a part of a class collage.
1) Students will learn the foods that make up the Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group.
2) Students will learn the number of servings that should be eaten from this food group in one day is 6-11.
3a) Students will learn that this food group gives us carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are chemicals in food that gives our bodies quick energy.
3b) Students will learn that this food group gives us fiber. Fiber is undigested material that helps prevent cancer.
Materials For Lesson 1: See Above in Unit Summary
Directions For Lesson 1: See Above in Unit Summary
Option For Lesson 1:
Do the lesson before lunch and do the following. Before the lesson starts you can have the students do a exerise to music for 5 to 10 minutes. Have student say if they were tired afterwards. Ask each student what they had for breakfast or if they had no breakfast. Talk about the results with the class. Find out if there is a link to each students tiredness and what they had for breakfast or had no breakfast. Link this to a talk about how carbohydrates give us quick enegry.
1) Students will learn the foods that are in the Friut and Vegetable Groups.
2a) Students will learn the number of servings that sould be eaten from the Friut Group in one day is 2-4.
2b) Students will learn the number of servings that should be eaten from the Vegetable Group in one day is 3-5.
3a) Students will learn that in addition to the Bread Group the Fruit and Vegetable Groups also give us fiber.
3b) Students will learn that the Friut and Vegetable Groups give us vitamins. Vitamins are vital nutrients needed in small amounts.
3c) Students will learn that the Vegetable Group gives us minerals. Minerals are substances in our bodies that used up and need to be replaced.
Materials For Lesson 2: See Above in Unit Summary
Directions For Lesson 2: See Above in Unit Summary
Option For Lesson 2:
Review what was learned in Lesson 1. Do this by asking what foods from lesson 1 and 2 could go together. Like Tomato sauce with pasta
1) Students will learn the foods that are in the Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese Group.
2) Students will learn the number of servings that should be eaten from this group in one day is 2-3.
3a) Students will learn that this group gives us calcium. Calcium is used by the body to make strong bones and helps with blood clotting.
3b) Students will learn that this group gives us fats. Fats are used as stored enegry by the body.
3c) Students will learn that this group gives us protein. Protein is used by the body to build muscles, skin, and hair.
Materials For Lesson 3: See Above in Unit Summary
Directions For Lesson 3: See Above in Unit Summary
Option For Lesson 3:
Review what was learned in lessons 1 and 2. Do this by asking what foods from lesson 1, 2, and 3 could go together. Like Cereal and milk or stawberries and yogurt.
1) Students will learn the foods that are in this food group.
2) Students will learn the number of servings that should be eaten from this food group in one day is 2-3.
3a) Students will learn this food group also gives us fats.Teach that you should replace high fat foods with low fat foods and why. Also teach what foods are low in fat.
3b) Students will learn this food group also gives us protein.
3c) Students will leran this food group also gives us minerals.
3d) Students will learn this food group gives us a mineral called iron that makes red blood cells heathly.
3e) Students will learn some foods in this food group gives us cholesterol. Cholesterol builds up in the arteries and can cause a heart attack. Teach what foods are low in cholesterol.
Materials For Lesson 4: See Above in Unit Summary
Directions For Lesson 4: See Above in Unit Summary
Option For Lesson 4:
When doing the collage you could have the students do the following without your help. Separate the foods in this food group that contain high cholesterol and high fat from the foods that have low cholesterol and low fat.
1) Students will learn food from this food group should be eaten sparingly.
2) Students will learn food from this food group contains fat and cholesterol. Which will have a negative effect on health if eaten often.
Materials For Lesson 5: See Above in Unit Summary
Directions For Lesson 5: Have the students draw a picture of their favorite food from this food group and place it in a class collage.
Directions:
Have the students draw, color, and cut out foods from each food group. Have the number of foods from each food group match the daily servings. For example the Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta has 6-11 servings. The students should draw color and cut out 6-11 foods from this food group. Have students do the same for each food group. Do not give help in this task, you are evaluating what the students have learned on lessons 1-5. Each student will have a sheet of paper and draw a food pyramid on it. The students will glue the pictures of food into the right food group. Give the students several strips of all 4 different colored pieces of construction paper. Assign a meal to each color. For example red for breakfast, blue for lunch, green for dinner, yellow for snack(s). Have the students decide what foods they will chose for each meal and the snack(s). The students will glue the red strips of construction paper on to the foods they decided to eat for breakfast; blue for foods they will eat for lunch; green for foods they will eat for dinner; yellow for the food(s) they will eat for a snack(s).