Nutrition Lesson Plan

Instructor: Dana Dance-Schissel

Dana teaches social sciences at the college level and English and psychology at the high school level. She has master's degrees in applied, clinical and community psychology.

Explore nutrition with a Study.com video, reinforce the key concepts through examining vocabulary and through an activity that looks at student nutrition. For further study, supplementary activities and related lessons are included.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

Define nutrition
Explain the process of nutrition
Evaluate foods in regards to nutritional values
Apply nutritional values to personal diet

Length

30 minutes to 1 hour

Materials

White board or chalkboard
Dry erase markers or chalk
Notebook paper
Colored pens or pencils
Tablets, computers or projector to display lesson

Curriculum Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.

Key Vocabulary

Nutrition
Nutrients
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Water
Vitamins
Minerals
Macronutrients
Micronutrients

Instructions

Show the Study.com video lesson What is Nutrition? to the class in its entirety.
List the key vocabulary words on the board and review their meanings with students.
Pass out the paper and pencils/pens, and have students list the foods they have consumed in the last 24 hours.
Now ask students to label the foods according to the six classes of nutrients using a different color pen/pencil for each (i.e. carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, water, vitamins and minerals). For example, if the student ate a steak, that would be labeled as a protein in red ink, while a cookie would be a carbohydrate in blue ink. Some items may have two or more labels (e.g. fruit might be labeled as a carbohydrate, vitamin, and mineral, while a hamburger would be a protein and a carbohydrate).
Next have the students look at their list of food items and try to determine if any of their food items contain water.
Using a new sheet of paper, have the students group their foods into macronutrients and micronutrients.
Finally, complete the associated quiz on Study.com as a group.

Extensions

Have students analyze the food labels from their lunches to identify nutritional values.
Ask students to create two menus for different athletes: one designed to provide quick energy for a sprinter and another for sustainable energy in a marathon runner.

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How to Create a Healthy Eating Plan

Making Healthy Nutritional Choices: Habits, Behaviors & Resources

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