nutritious and delicious: an introduction to healthy eating
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Nutritious and Delicious: An Introduction to Healthy Eating. Noelle Bessette and Chardae Golding. Objectives. Students will be able to: Define what it means to be nutritionally healthy Identify healthy and unhealthy foods Assess consequences of poor food choices (health, education) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Nutritious and Delicious: An Introduction to Healthy Eating
Noelle Bessette and Chardae Golding
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Objectives• Students will be able to:
– Define what it means to be nutritionally healthy– Identify healthy and unhealthy foods– Assess consequences of poor food choices (health,
education)– Demonstrate understanding of healthy/unhealthy
foods during class field trip to grocery store– Students will develop formal writing skills and apply
learned vocabulary in writing a persuasive letter aimed toward store owners on healthy eating and foods
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Justification• Dewey- meaningful and purposeful activity
which gives students an opportunity to create local change
• CT Department of Education Curriculum Trace Maps: Health
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• “There is substantial evidence that poor health affects educational outcome, behaviors and attitudes, and that the attainment of educational goals is dependent on the achievement of good health.”
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Day 1• Taste test• Brainstorm healthy and unhealthy foods• Introduce USDA Food Pyramid• Introduce how to read nutrition labels• Introduce homework (Journal entry and
bring in nutrition labels from home)
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Looking at a Nutrition Label
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Day 2• Some journal sharing (4 students)• Vocabulary Sheet• Plan healthy meals in Dyads which will be
made into healthy eating cookbooks to be distributed the last day
• Healthy snack alternative introduction• Introduce homework (Journal)
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Day 3• Preparation with store owner• Go to local grocery store
– Students take pictures of unhealthy foods and healthier alternatives
– Students make recommendations to store owner for healthier alternatives. Reassure they would be sold
• Introduce homework (Journal)
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Days 4 & 5• Students will write persuasive letters in
groups of 2/3 about nutritional eating and why it is important. – Audience: Store owners– Parents will receive copies as well– Use vocabulary list– Use pictures from grocery store
• Distribute healthy eating cookbooks