Students will describe the importance of calcium in their diet, list a variety of foods through which they can obtain calcium, recognize why it is important to be physically active, and recall importance of having strong bones and teeth.
Students will study nutrition as a global and local need. Students will learn the causes of malnutrition and participate in a food drive. This lesson was developed by Julie Johnson as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
Attractive packaging and clever advertising often hide the nutritional quality of a food. Students will use food labels to compare the fat content of similar foods so they can make more informed choices. Fat content is the focus of this lesson. Most Americans consume more fat than is recommended. High-fat diets have been linked to obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer.
Students will explain the importance of dairy products.
This activity helps students learn about healthy and unhealthy foods.
In this lesson, students will learn how to read a food label. They will have to find information about ingredients, calories, and nutrition.
In this lesson students will identify a variety of low-sugar or sugar-free foods they can have for lunch.
In this resource the students can click on each link within the nutrition facts label to get a description of that section.