Nutrition - Food Pyramid Book and Game
Submitted by: Christina Ulrich
Endorsed by: Don Descy, Mankato State University
Date: May 15, 1997
Grade: 2-6
Materials:
- Construction Paper
- Notebook Paper
- Magazines or Newspapers
- Ribbon
- Scissors
- Glue
- Overhead Picture of the Food Pyramid
Objectives:
- Classify different food items into the correct categories of the Food Pyramid
- Identify foods that keep our bodies healthy
- Create a Food Pyramid booklet
- Anticipatory Set
- Display a variety of foods on a table.
- Display an overhead picture of the Food Pyramid.
Purpose:
Today we are going to learn about the Food Pyramid, and learn which foods keep our
bodies healthy.
Input:
Using the overhead display, explain to the students that the Food Pyramid shows us the
variety of foods we need to eat each day to keep our bodies healthy.
- The bottom level of the pyramid is the bread, cereal, rice, and pasta group. These foods
help to give us energy. We should eat 6-11 servings from this group a day.
- On the second level of the pyramid, we have two categories - the vegetable group and the
fruit group. The vegetable group gives us vitamins and minerals our bodies need to stay
healthy. We should eat 3-5 servings a day. The fruit group also gives us vitamins and
minerals. We should eat 2-4 servings a day.
- The third level of the pyramid includes the milk yogurt, and cheese group,and also the
meat, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts and beans group. The milk group gives us calcium to keep
our teeth and bones strong. We should eat 2-3 servings a day. The meat group gives us
protein to help build new cells and tissues in our bodies. We should eat 2-3 servings from
this group a day.
- The top of the pyramid is the fats, oils, and sweets group. Although our bodies need a
little bit of food from this group, eating too much is not good for us. We should eat
foods from this group only once in a while.
Modeling:
Show the students an example of the booklet they will be making. Explain the following
procedures:
- Choose two pieces of construction paper, and six sheets of notebook paper.
- Place the notebook paper between the sheets of construction paper. Punch 3 holes along
the left edge. Tie pieces of ribbon through the holes.
- On each page, write the name of a Food Pyramid section, and the number of servings
suggested. Glue the appropriate pictures of food items, cut from magazines or newspapers,
to the pages of your booklet.
- Decorate the cover of your Food Pyramid booklet!
Check for Understanding:
Hold up each of the food items displayed on the front table. Ask the students to
identify its place on the Food Pyramid.
Independent Practice:
Each of the students will work independently to cut out food pictures from magazines
and newspapers, and construct a Food Pyramid booklet.
Closure:
Summarize the information covered in the lesson, and play a game of Name That Food.
Name That Food:
Divide the class into several small teams. Each team will need a pencil and a piece of
paper. The teacher selects a section from the Food Pyramid, and a letter of the alphabet.
For example, foods from the bread and cereals group that start with the letter
"B." The student shave one minute to record a list of foods. When the minute is
up, each group reads their list. The teacher records the number of items on each group's
list, and another category and letter are selected. The game continues until all sections
of the pyramid have been covered. The group with the highest score wins the game!
Useful Internet Resources:
American Heart Association
http://www.amhrt.org/
CyberNutrition Archives
http://chd.syr.edu/chd/CyberNutritionArchives.html
Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)
Follow this directory path: NAL Information Centers Food and Nutrition Information Center.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
gopher://www.nalusda.gov/
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education --
Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Division
http://www.ericsp.org/hprdtoc.html
The Nutrition Expert
service. http://www.alaska.net:80/~tne/
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
http://navigator.tufts.edu/
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