Name: Hadeel Isa Content Area(s): Nutrition and Food Management

Demographics (stage #1)

Duration of unit: 60 minutes Number of gifted students: n/a

Ages/grades of students: 8-9 years old/ third graders Number of students with IEP/505: n/a
Number of students in class: 22 Number of students who are ELL/LEP: n/a

Context
Teaching students at elementary school from different demographics to help them better understand food and
how to form a healthier relationship with food by substituting unhealthy ingredients with healthier
ingredients, and that food is not supposed to be forbidden, because there is always a way to eat what we love
the most.

Unit Title: Nutrition for a Healthy Lifespan

Unit Overview: this unit is made to teach students about different lessons from natural sugar to processed
food, from healthy balanced meals to unhealthy fast food. This unit will help children form a healthier
relationship with food and will hopefully make a lasting positive impact on their health on the future.

Standards/Established Goals
Students will be able to understand the importance of natural sugar, balanced meals, fruits and
vegetables, and healthy to-go food.

Acquisition: Unit Objectives

At the end of the unit, students will know
The importance of eating Natural sugar
instead of processed sugar.
Students will know the difference between
fruits and vegetables
Students will understand the difference
between fast food (unhealthy food) and to go
food(healthy food)
Students will know the disadvantage of fast
food
At the end of the unit, students will be able to
Students will be able to incorporate
more: natural sugar ,fruits ,and
vegetables to their diets.
Students will be able to name different
fruits and vegetables
Students will be more familiar with
MyPlate or the food pyramid and how
each food group impact their health
Students will be able to make or
choose their own balanced meal.

Understandings and Essential Questions

Why is natural sugar better than processed sugar?
What are the different food groups?
How important is MyPlate ?
How to incorporate more fruits and vegetables in my diet?
Why is fast food harmful ?

Evidence: Include Performance Task and Evaluative Criteria (stage #2)

Pre-Assessment: Survey Summative Assessment:

Asking about their demographics Survey: The summative survey would be the exact
Their basic knowledge regarding nutrition and food same one as the pre assessment summary, because
preparation. that is the only way I could measure the students
improvement and how effective is my unit plan.
The survey will be mainly made with picture Also, I would have a blank space

References/Resources/Technology
Spoons
PowerPoints slides
Computer
Paper with Nutrition labels
Cups
Colored papers
Tape
Stapler
Highlighter or pens (for bingo)

Learning Plan: Lesson Sequence of Unit

Lesson 1 ( Natural Sugar Vs. Processed Sugar)

Overview: Children will understand the pros and cons of both natural and processed sugar and will be able to
apply the lesson to their daily life, and will even explain the information to their family and peers that were
not in class with them during the lesson.

Standards Objective(s)/Learning Target(s) Assessments

Show children ways to single out
natural and added sugar
Children will be able to differentiate
between natural sugar and processed
sugar
Play a game:
Students will stand up if they
think the meal I called out is
healthy (contains natural sugar)
and will sit down if they think the
meal is not healthy (contains
unnatural sugar).

List reasons why natural sugar is Student will understand the Ask them questions.
better than added sugar. importance of eating natural sugar.

Show students how to convert Will learn that many of their favorite Exercise of converting grams of
grams of sugar to tablespoons to snacks have processed sugar. sugar to tablespoons
have a clearer view of how much
sugar in their food. .

Lesson 2 (Fruits and Vegetables)

Overview: Students will get to know their fruits and vegetable, thus, encouraging them to incorporate more
fruits and vegetables in their diet. Because children would not consume something they do not know anything
about.

Standards Objective(s)/Learning Target(s) Assessments

Teach children the names of
variety of vegetables and fruits.
1. Students will be able to Play a game: Fruits and
identify more than two fruits vegetables bingo, instead of
and vegetables that are new numbers.
to them.
2. Students will learn to play
bingo.

Show children the difference Children will be able to differentiate Students will identify which part
between fruits and vegetables between fruits and vegetables of the (vegetable or fruit ) is
flower, stem, seed, or root.

Lesson 3 (Healthy Balanced Meals)

Overview: this lesson show children how to choose healthy balanced meals through games, which is a great
way to promote nutrition among children. The purpose of this lesson is to promote balanced meal choices but
also promote the enjoyment of nutrition

Standards Objective(s)/Learning Target(s) Assessments

Endorse balanced meal selection
and choices
1. students will be able to
describe what a balanced and
healthy meal looks like.
2. Students will be able to
decide what a balanced meal
should look like.
1. I will group the students
in pairs.
2. I will ask them to list
their favorite meals
3. ask the students to list the
number of food groups in
each recipe.
4. Ask them what would
they do to make their
meal healthier: either by
omitting some of the
ingredients or substituting
the ingredients.
5. Finally discuss any wrong
placements and explain
why their choices could
be wrong.

Or let them play a game called

build a meal.
And then discuss their choices.
Teach the children about the
different food groups.
Students will be able to determine
which food item belong to which
food group.
I will ask children to identify the
food item and then I will ask
them which cup to place it in. (I
will provide cups with different
colors that represent each food
groups.)

Lesson 4 (Unhealthy Fast Food Vs. Healthy Fast Food)

Overview: students will be able to understand the difference between fast food and healthy food. Also, this
lesson will teach children that healthy food does not have to be complicated and it could also be fast.

Standards Objective(s) / Learning Target(s) Assessments

Show students fast ways to eat Students will be able to explore more Discuss with students different
healthy food. healthy to go food options and will fast food meals and how to make
be able to come up with their own the meal healthier.
ideas.

Teach students about the negative Students will understand the Ask students about their opinion
impact of the unhealthy fast food disadvantage of eating unhealthy fast regarding fast food prior and
on them. food. after the lesson. and have an open
discussion with them.