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Name of Activity: Food and Diet

Purpose of Activity: To educate middle school children about the importance of food and nutrition; in addition to teaching how to use the Food Guide Pyramid when selecting food for meals.

Suggested Grade Level: 6-8

Materials Needed: Computer, Projector, Power Point

Description of Idea

This lesson can be matched with Health Standard #1

The material for this lesson includes a Power Point and correpsonding worksheet. The Power Point is used in conjuncture with the student worksheet. During the class session, the Power Point is discussed. Students fill out the quick writes (little breaks to jog the memory) and vocabulary throughout the class period. For homework, the students complete the vocabulary exercise by selecting one of the new vocabulary words. They also use complete sentences to answer the application question as the end of the lesson. The worksheet is turned in the following class period to be graded.


Food and Diet Power Point Presentation (Compressed Zip file as this is a big PDF file)

Assessment Ideas:

Create a worksheet to follow along. Application idea included at the end of the Power Point. Also a Food Journal to help students assess their own eating habits.

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Submitted by Stephanie Goudeau who teaches at Appomattox Middle School in Appomattox, VA. Thanks for contributing to PE Central! Posted on PEC: 1/7/2010. Viewed 28744 times since 1/21/2009.

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