Leaping Labels

Grade Level: 6-8

Subjects: Health, Computer Technology, Math

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will use Excel to create a three day food diary, tracking foods, servings, food groups, calories, fat grams and carbohydrates.
• Students will identify the before mentioned items listed on a variety of food labels.
• Students will practice identifying items on food labels on Vitamins In The House web site.

Materials:

• Food labels
• Bookmarked site.

Teacher Notes:

• Collect food labels prior to class, at least 2 per student.
• Bookmark the Vitamins in The House site.

• Use Excel to create a 6 column FoodDiary to keep track of diet for 3 days, beginning today.
• Column headings: Food, Servings, Food Group, Calories, Fat Grams, and Carbohydrates.
• Show students how to check for these items on food labels.
• Give out a variety of food labels, which do not name the food from which it comes.
• Have students find the above items and then determine whether or not this is a healthy food.
• Then have them guess the food from which the label was taken.
• Go to Vitamins In The House web site for more practice in reading food labels.

• Depending on disability and IEP, adjust the Food Diary assignment.
• Use peer tutoring in creating Excel document and cooperative grouping in food label activity.

• Go to Vitamins In The House site for more food related games.
• Go to the grocery store to compare food labels and brands.

• By observation,
• class participation and
• evaluate the setup of the Excel sheet.
• Rubric

National Standards

References:

• Vitamins In The House
• Hot Health Links

Created By: Tracy Harlan
                    Eileen Poling
                    Amy Reynolds

   Tucker Valley Elementary Middle School

                     Created May 7, 1999
 
 

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