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Health Lesson Plan
General Information
Title: Nutrition Scavenger Hunt
Subject Areas: Health
Grade Level: K-5 (Disclaimer: I label this lesson K-5 because the standards
it covers are to be taught sometime during the elementary years. They have
not been split among grade levels. I have done this lesson with 4th
graders, who were successful at completing it. You know what your students
are capable of doing, so use your judgment.)
Teacher: Amber Mann
School: RVES
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Students navigate through
a website independently to find information about nutrition, including the food
pyramid, nutritional content of food and menu planning. |
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| Lesson
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| Objectives: |
The student will:
- Use basic computer skills to
navigate through a website.
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Identify parts of a food pyramid
- Classify nutrients
- Describe healthy meals and snacks
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| Setting: |
Best in Computer lab, can be modified for multi-computer classroom |
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| Procedures: |
Bookmark the following website for students to use with the attached
Nutrition Scavenger Hunt worksheet.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3641/
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| Technology Specific Activity/Project Description: |
Internet Scavenger Hunt
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| Assessment: |
Check answers at completion of
activity
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| State Standards
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SC Standards for Health and Safety Instruction
By the end of grade 5, students should be able to
- classify foods by their type, function, and nutritional content;
- demonstrate the ability to locate valid nutrition information,
e.g., food labels, dietary guidelines, food pyramid, and school nutrition services;
- describe reliable sources of nutrition information
Computer/Technology Standards K-5
C.3: Use local and wide-area networks and modem-delivered
services to access information from electronic databases.
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| Materials |
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| Software: |
Internet Explorer |
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