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

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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