Lesson 2
Nutrition Mission

Grade Level(s):   5-6 

Subject(s): Health, Language Arts, and Math

Learner Outcomes: 

• Students will go to a web site to gather information about the basic food groups.
• Students will convert their height to centimeters and weight to kilograms.
• Students will write what they ate for each meal to determine the number of calories consumed for that day.
• Students will go to The Food Guide Pyramid to review/learn the basic food groups and gather information.
• Students will keep an electronic portfolio on Microsoft Word throughout the unit.

Materials:

• Each student will need the Food Guide Pyramid worksheet.
• Each student will need the I Am What I Eat worksheet.

• Microsoft Word
• Multimedia Computer with Internet access
• Shock wave needed

• Review The Food Guide Pyramid and recommended daily servings of each group.
• Preview the following web sites prior to lesson: The Food Guide Pyramid , Science Made Simple, Health Calculators, and Food Buddy. 

• The teacher will lead a discussion on eating healthy and review/introduce The Food Guide Pyramid. 
• The students will give examples of the foods found in each of the five food groups .
• The teacher will lead a discussion on the recommended daily servings  for each of the food groups.
• Students will go to The Food Guide Pyramid to locate answers to the questions on the worksheet. 
• The teacher will have the students discuss the answers to the questions on the worksheet. 
• Students will use their heights and weights worksheet (from Lesson 1 ). They will convert their heights from inches to centimeters and their weights from pounds to kilograms electronically using Health Calculators .
• Students will use their metric conversions to find their daily average calorie needs electronically on  Science Made Simple .
• Students will write on the worksheet (I Am What I Eat) what they ate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Students will use  Food Buddy to electronically calculate the number of calories eaten that day.
• Students will compare their daily average calorie needs to their actual calorie intake for a day.  They can decide whether they need to eat more or less calories to maintain their ideal weight.
• Students will make a healthy treat to eat.
• Students will continue with their electronic portfolio on a daily basis on Microsoft Word. 

• All written text will be read to any student receiving special services or on a 504 plan as needed.
• Students may work with a peer as stated in their IEP.

• Students will play a memory game concerning the five food groups called Food Pyramid Match-Up. 
• Students will play a game concerning eating healthy foods called Dole 5 a Day. 
• Students may want to visit the Food Finder to find out the amount of fat in many common fast food restaurant items.
• Students may visit Kidshealth.org find more healthy recipes. 

• Students will complete the worksheet , A Food Guide Pyramid.
• Presidential Physical Fitness pre and post test
• Students will complete the worksheet , I Am What I Eat.
• Students will complete journal entries on a daily basis. (A rubric will be used to grade all journal entries and other worksheets in their electronic portfolios at the completion of the unit.
• Presidential Physical Fitness pre and posttests.

 

• Health: 5.1.2, 5.3.4., 5.6.2, 6.1.1, 6.4.3
• Language Arts: 5.8, 5.16, 5.26, 5.64, 6.6, 6.18, 6.20, 6.66 
• Math:  5.23, 5.36, 5.37, 5.53, 6.46, 6.48

• Health Standard  3   Understands the relationship of family health to individual health 
• Health Standard  6   Understands essential concepts about nutrition and diet 
• Health Standard  7   Knows how to maintain and promote personal health 
• Language Arts Standard  4  Gathers and uses information for research purposes 
• Language Arts Standard  7   Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts 
• Language Arts Standard  9   Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media 
• Math Standard  3 Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation 
• Math Standard  6   Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis 
• Math Standard  9   Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics 

• Dole 5 a Day 
• Food Pyramid Match-Up 
• Food Buddy 
• The Food Guide Pyramid 
• Microsoft Word 
• Health Calculators 
• Science Made Simple 
• Shock wave 

Authors:
Carolyn Falin
Bonita Miano
Diana Nash

Kimball Elementary School
 

OVERVIEW WORKING ON WELLNESS

LESSON 1  BODY IMAGE

LESSON 2  NUTRITION MISSION

LESSON 3  EXERCISE WISE

LESSON 4  SLEEP  ZZZZzzzz!

LESSON 5  STRESS ALERT