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Introduction
Adolescents do a lot of growing. The foundation for life long habits and health start in the pre-teens. It is important that students understand what foods help with learning and how food effects energy. This lessons dives into what kinds of foods do we eat, what do they do in the body and how much do I need to eat for health.
Videos Below are Resources to Spark Conversations about the Food Industry and Importance of WATER.
Sugar: Hiding in Plain sight
Sugar: Hiding in Plain sight
What would Happen if you didn't Drink water?
What would Happen if you didn't Drink water?
Lesson Part 1: Brainstorming Food Categories
Materials
Flip chart paper
Markers
How?
Divide class into 5 or 6 groups of three or four students.
Put 6 pieces of flipchart paper on the wall labelled with the part of the Eat Well Plate (Canada Health Food Guide): vegetables, fruits, protein, whole grain plus factory food and drinks.
The groups have three or four minutes to work together to list as many foods in their part of the Eat Well Plate/Factory Food/Drinks as they can.
All groups rotate to the next flipchart paper, read what is/there and add more foods to the list.
Have each group member take a turn writing and they cannot repeat any words that are already on the list.
Encourage them not to worry about spelling, just work together to spell as well as they can.
Debrief activity as a class, correcting spelling and any misplaced words.
Lesson Part 2: Categorize and what does the Macronutrient do?
Materials
Previous Flipchart paper for vegetables, fruits, proteins and whole grains
This page is set up up for athlete performance but is a great overview of why we need to eat a healthy balanced diet. https://primalpeak.com/athlete-diet/
How?
Provide each student with worksheet.
Review macronutrients: fat, carbohydrates and proteins (see weblink)
Get the students to categorize the foods they list on the flipcharts under macronutrient categories.
What about Factory food and Drinks? Show Hidden Sugar video and Water Video above. Discuss what these foods do to your body.
Questions:
Where are our the macronutrients found in the grocery store vs the factory food?
What else is unique about the macronutrients food?
Real Tools MacroNutrient Worksheet.pdfLesson Part 3: Build your Plate
Materials
Large paper plates
Coloured pencils
How?
Review of Eat Well Plate ratios provided by Health Canada.
Fruits and Vegetable: 50% of plate
Protein: 25% of plate
Whole Grain: 25% of plate
Review where fats would fit in and why
Students will divide plate up into sections, and label/colour
Students can list 3 or 4 foods that they eat alread in each area but then add a couple that they would like to "TRY"
Back of plate is for water, how much water should they be drinking and what is the goal. Get students to draw glasses of water and colour them in.
OR
Use the template provided below. Students can label the sections and add new foods they would like to "TRY". Students can investigate how much water they should consume on a daily basis to stay active and healthy.
RT Your plate Template.pdfExample of Create My Plate:
Create-a-Winning-Plate.pdfExtensions
Bring in nutritional labels off of food found in the grocery stores. You can find most list on the internet. Let the students guess what food is it? Or in groups get them to categorize the nutrition into larger categories as cereals, crackers, pasta, etc. Choose a variety of food groups.
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