Eating Right...Feeling Great!  Webquest

Lesson Plan

 
 
 
Grade Level
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Task
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Process
Learning Advice
Conclusion
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Students will learn more about the role healthy eating plays in having healthy body systems.

Grade Levels Targeted:

                                                        Food Activities 1               -  Kindergarten and First Grade
                                                        Challenge Activity 2           - Second Grade
                                                        Pyramid Activity 3             - Third Grade
                                                        Scavenger Hunt Activity 4  - Fourth Grade
                                                        Product Activity 5              - Fifth Grade

                                       *It is appropriate for grades 3-5 to complete all activities

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Objective

Given a variety of grade level appropriate activities, students will demonstrate an understanding of what constitutes a food guide pyramid by:
  • matching foods that belong in each part of the pyramid
  • comparing ideal and representative food guide pyramids and selecting the appropriate pyramid for healthy eating.
  • recording fruit and vegetable intake for 5 days
  • correctly answering questions about the role of fruits and vegetables in creating healthy body systems.

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    Task

    Activity 1 - Build a food guide pyramid and compare it to what kids are actually eating
    Activity 2 - Take the 5 a day challenge
    Activity 3 - Fruit and Vegetable Scavenger Hunt
    Activity 4 - Create a product persuading others to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
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    Resources

    Five a Day      http://www.5aday.com/
    Dole 5 a Day http://www.dole5aday.com/
    Kids Food CyberClub http://www.kidsfood.org/
    Texas Education Agency Child Nutrition http://www.tea.state.tx.us/CNP/5aday/index.html
    Texas Department of Agriculture  http://www.agr.state.tx.us/tx5aday/index.htm
    Five ways to eat five a day   http://thriveonline.oxygen.com/eats/nutrition/5aday.html
    Scholastic Cyber Hunt    http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/instructor/crossword/0002/index.htm
    Scott Foresman K edition http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_K/unit_D/chap_3/act_2/2.htm
    Scott Foresman 1 edition http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_1/unit_D/chap_3/act_1/1.htm
    Pocantico Hills First Grade Class http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/nutrition/nutrition.html
    Classroom poster of food pyramid guide
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    Process

  • Take a pretest on the food pyramid.
  • Compare food pyramid to kids eating habits.
  • Take the five a day challenge to promote healthy body systems..
  • Go on a scavengar hunt to learn more about a variety of fruits and vegetables.
  • Create a product persuading others to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day

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    Learning Advice

    Warning!  This webquest may cause extreme hunger.
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    Conclusion

     This webquest will give students an understanding of how eating healthful food is a vital part of maintaining healthy body systems.  If you would like to extent this project to explore other body systems, visit the Johnson Elementary and Mary Branch Elementary websites.

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    This page created by Neal TIF participants Brenda Owens, Karen Townsend and JoLisa Hoover at Bryan ISD
     
     

    Last updated November 16, 2000

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