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Nutrition Curriculum

Learning Areas

Emerging

Developing

Mastery

Literacy

Read a recipe

Label a food pyramid

Identify ingredients on a food label

Identify items that contain caffeine

Read and list vitamins/minerals

Read a food label

Define nutrition

Define calories

Create a food pyramid

Make a poster of healthy vs. unhealthy foods

Identify the 6 food groups in the food pyramid

Read a recipe and identify the foods and to what food group they belong

Play food pyramid games

Complete nutrition words puzzle

Complete nutrition words word search

Place foods into the food pyramid

Determine nutritional value of a recipe and/or on a food label

Identify nutrients and minerals

Change fat snacks to low fat snacks

Label a food pyramid

Identify items that contain caffeine

Identify the 6 food groups in the food pyramid

Use a newspaper and make a breakfast, lunch and dinner menu

Make a menu book

Create a restaurant menu (healthy)

Review menus from local restaurants and identify health foods

Communication

Describe caffeine products

Make a list of low fat snacks

Make a list of favorite foods

Make a grocery list

List 6 groups that make up the food pyramid

Identify snack foods

List foods parents make

List foods students eat in restaurants

Identify healthy foods

Compare favorite food lists of classmates

Explain the purpose of the food pyramid

Compare and contrast healthy vs. unhealthy meals

Make a list of pros/cons of caffeine

Place favorite foods into the food pyramid

Define and give an example of each food group

Convert a grocery list into a healthy list

Look for pictures of vegetables and find nutritional value

Identify the number of servings needed in each food group

Identify safe/unsafe ingestion

Give a speech about the value of good nutrition

Create a nutritious daily menu

Write a grocery list from a recipe

Classify food words into the food pyramid

Make a list of low fat snacks

Make a list of favorite foods

Write a grocery list

List 6 groups that make up the food pyramid

Explain the purpose of the food pyramid

Convert a grocery list into a healthy list

Make a chart of vitamins

Make a chart of minerals

Classify foods by vitamins and minerals

Compare classmates’ food logs

Determine nutritional value of personal food log

Identify healthy foods

Look for pictures of vegetables and find nutritional value

Identify the number of servings needed in each food group

Identify safe/unsafe ingestion

Math & Science

Classify food groups

Identify calories in a pound

Create a beverage

Make a cup of caffeinated coffee

Make a cup of decaffeinated coffee

Identify spoiled vs. fresh foods

Make a healthy snack

Taste three new healthy foods

Make a list of groceries in cupboard at home

Chart classmates’ favorite food lists

Count how many servings in a daily diet in each food group

Count the calories in a meal

Convert an unhealthy menu to a healthy menu

Chart the caloric intake of ideal weights for children, men and women

Build a grocery store with empty food containers and identify nutritional value

Identify spoiled vs. fresh foods

Determine weight by caloric intake from one day’s meals

Compare lists from home foods

Classify ingredients according to the food pyramid

Compare and contrast fast food menus to sit-down restaurants

Keep a weekly calorie log

Count how many servings in a daily diet in each food group

Place Mr. Yuk stickers on appropriate items

Identify spoiled vs. fresh foods

Taste three new healthy foods

Convert an unhealthy menu to a healthy menu

Build a grocery store with empty food containers and identify nutritional value

Using the weight chart calculate various weights for different people

Social Studies

Learn 10 food words in Spanish

Using Spanish words, place foods in the correct areas in the food pyramid

Using Spanish words, place foods in the correct areas in the food pyramid

Interview someone who cooks ethnic foods and determine food placement and nutritional value

Order a meal in Spanish at a Mexican restaurant that has high nutritional value

Learn 10 food words in Spanish

Physical Education and Recreation/ Leisure

Accept a healthy food choice

Make a list of healthy vs. unhealthy snacks

Compare and contrast a healthy and unhealthy food choice

Personal Resource Management

Compare McDonalds menu to Burger King menu for different foods

List what is required for a healthy body

Compare the nutrition information between food items on a McDonalds menu to a Burger King menu

Keep a food log for one week of food intake

Identify disease caused by too much fat in the diet

Determine the caloric intake between foods on a McDonalds menu versus Burger King menu

Compare what an unhealthy body is to a healthy body