Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.1C Grade 6 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.1 - Wellness

 

Strand: C - Nutrition

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will discuss factors that influence food choices.

 

Grade: 6

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        SNACK ATTACK - For this activity, take a large box (preferably an appliance carton) and decorate it to resemble a vending machine. Students tape the wrappers from their favorite snack to the window part of the vending machine. In turn, each student describes the nutritional components of his/her favorite snack food. The class votes whether the food is healthy or unhealthy. If the class votes unhealthy, place a “not available” card over the wrapper. Students generate a list of healthy snacks.

 

      Variation: Supply a variety of snack foods for students to sample. Before tasting a snack food, each student completes a nutritional analysis chart, describing the number of calories in the food, the fat content and sugar content, and other relevant nutritional information.

Variation: Divide the class into groups. Assign each group a different nutrient. Students investigate the nutrient and develop a skit outlining the need for the nutrient. The skit should have team members playing various body systems. The “nutrient character” emphasizes its impact on all the body systems.