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Two 50-minute class periods.
Nutrition is the key to feeling good physically and mentally. This
lesson will allow students to study the food pyramid and to learn
about healthy and tasty foods. At the end of this lesson students
plan a day of healthy food and they will be aware of more healthy
foods.
Science and Mathematics
The learner will:
• Recognize the food groups necessary to maintain a healthy body.
• Demonstrate the connection of number and number relations to the other.
• Collect, organize, and describe data based on real-life situations.
Louisiana State Department of Education
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/uploads/1646.pdf
Louisiana Science Content Standards:
LS-E-A6: Recognizing the food groups necessary to maintain a healthy body.
Louisiana Mathematics Framework:
N-9-E: Demonstrating the connection of number and number relations to the
other strands and to real-life situations.
D-1-E: Extrapolate from obvious trends revealed by graphs in order to make
predictions.
Louisiana Foundations Skills: Communication, Problem Solving, Resource Access
and Utilization, Linking and Generating, Knowledge, and Citizenship
• Do You Eat a Healthy Diet Chart
• Food Pyramid
• Food Group Grid
• Food Group Grid (with information)
• Nutrition Grid
• Food Cards
• Daily Food Plan (directions included)
• Eat Your Colors
• Eat Your Colors (with information)
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