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Title of Bulletin Board:
Reading a Nutrition Label
Category:
Nutrition
Suggested Grade Level:
3-5
Materials:
Food lables of several products
Description:
Task: Pick the Healthier Snack The students were asked to examine the Nutritional Labels of two different snack foods. They had to show that they could transfer nutritional information accurately from the actual label to a blank food label. Then they determined which food is healthier based on all of the things we have learned about food. Key Points: -Healthier snacks have: LESS -calories, calories from fat, fat, cholesterol, sodium and sugar. & MORE: -dietary fiber, protein and vitamins. Finally, the students had to write why one snack was healthier than the other.
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Submitted by
Patrick Thompson
who teaches at Manhattan Charter School
in Manhattan,
NY.
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Posted on PEC: 12/29/2009 4:59:21 PM.
Viewed 8917 times since 12/24/2009.
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