Agriculture in the Classroom

Date:10/17/16

Grade:3

Unit: Myplate

Subject: Health

Duration: 40 min

Objectives/standards:
Nutrition objective 1-3 (Personal Eating Habits, Nutrient Groups and Key Functions, Dangers of
Dysfunctional Eating)
Materials:

Book

Tomatoes

Seeds

Plates

Paper Food

Vocabulary:

Photosynthesis

Germination

Essential question:
What should we put in our bodies?

STUDENTS WILL KNOW:

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE

TO:

STUDENTS WILL
UNDERSTAND:

Why veggies are important

Put together proper food portions

How plants grow

Instructional strategy:
Interactive lecture

Thinking skill:
What/How they eat
Hook:
Book

Small Group Practice

GROUP 1:

Book Reading

GROUP 2:

Tomato Lesson

GROUP 3:

My Plate

Assessment:
Myplate Activity

PREASSESSMENT:

INSTRUCTION:

GUIDED
PRACTICE:

INDEPENDENT
PRACTICE:

Where food belongs

Show where food

belongs

Put food on plate as a

whole

Put food on plate by

themselves

Closing:
Learning Experience