Nutrition / The Physical Domain - Chapter 13 Nutrition plays a vital role in the development of children.

Proper nutrition promotes students performance through out the school day. O esity is a gro!ing national concern. Children dealing !ith o esity at a young age face a greater chance of living !ith it as an adult. "t is important to teach children a out proper nutrition ha its ecause it is lin#ed to serious health issues. $arly prevention is #ey to a healthy future. Positive effects of good nutrition include increased alertness% attention% and performance on assessments. " plan to integrate nutrition !ith other su &ects so that it does not ta#e time a!ay from other lessons. Tal#ing a out fruits and vegeta les in science can e a platform to discuss the value of consuming them. 'tudents can #eep a &ournal to log and trac# !hat they consume. "t gives them accounta ility for the food choices they ma#e. ( math activity " plan to incorporate is having students graph the num er of vegeta les and fruits they consume each !ee#. They can ma#e inferences a out future consumption and ho! it effects their health. " !ill have students research healthy recipes from other countries to later prepare and ring to class for all to sample. Their research can later e used to !rite a paper a out the food% region% and history of !here it originated from. $very classroom is made up of different cultures. "t !ill e a fun activity to have students share information a out the eating and nutrition ha its of their culture. The food pyramid is another topic " !ill cover as it relates to nutrition. " !ill have

Nutrition / The Physical Domain - Chapter 13

Nutrition / The Physical Domain - Chapter 13 students re-create the food pyramid using mar#ers% glue% and contraction paper. They !ill dra! !hat goes in each level as !e discuss it as a class.

Nutrition / The Physical Domain - Chapter 13