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Primary Subject Area: Health Education |
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Grade Level: 2
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Overview:
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Fruits and vegetables supply the body with nutrients needed to keep a person healthy. Eating five or more servings of fruit and vegetables each day promotes health and feelings of well-being. Students will become familiar with the benefits of eating five fruits and vegetables each day. Students will identify and taste a variety of fruits and vegetables. This lesson can be used to teach health, mathematics, nutrition and food-related topics.
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Approximate Duration: 1-2 class periods (50 minutes each) |
Content Standards:
- Standard 1
Students will comprehend concepts and strategies related to health
promotion and disease prevention.
- Standard 3
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice positive health
behaviors and reduce health risks.
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Benchmarks:
- 1-E-2
demonstrate personal health habits that promote optimal health;
(i.e., good nutrition, brushing teeth, washing hands, exercise, etc.)
(1,2,3)- 3-E-1
identify personal health needs; (1,4)- 3-E-2
demonstrate responsible personal health behaviors; (2,4)
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
- Science : Life Science
The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment.
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Educational Technology Standards:
- Use a variety of developmentally appropriate resources and productivity tools (e.g., logical thinking programs, writing and graphic tools,digital cameras,graphing software) for communication,presentation,and illustration of thoughts, ideas,and stories.
( 1, 3, 4 )
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Objectives:
The student will:
- identify the health benefits of eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day,
- identify different fruits and vegetables, and
- taste new fruits and vegetables.
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Lesson Materials and Resources:
- Taste testing materials
- Variety of Fruits and Vegetables
- 2-3 Knives
- Paper plates and spoons or toothpicks for each student
- For taste test ideas, use the outline for Vegemania, Raw Vegetable Tray, or Fruit Kabobs found in the reproducible materials section of this lesson.
- Copies of the “Jammin’ 5 A Day” Song for each student found in the reproducible materials section
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Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer with Internet access
Software:
Concept mapping program such as Inspiration
Websites:
•Dole 5 a day
www.dole5aday.com
•The Learning Cafe
www.louisianaschools.net/lde/nutrition/465.html
Other:
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Background Information:
Eating habits are established during childhood. More than 60% of young people eat too much fat, and less than 20% eat the recommended five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day. Fruits and vegetables supply the body with nutrients needed to keep a person healthy. The teacher should visit the Dole website to learn more about fruits and vegetables. |
Lesson Procedures:
- Ask the students to name fruits and vegetables they may have eaten today or yesterday. For the younger children, it may be helpful to break the day into segments. Ask the students to remember the fruits and vegetables they ate in the morning for breakfast or yesterday morning, lunch today or yesterday, and dinner yesterday. Also, if snacks were eaten between meals, did these snacks include fruits and vegetables? Keep track of all fruits and vegetables named using Inspiration, on the chalkboard or the overhead projector. Sort the fruits and vegetables by various characteristics such as color.
NOTE: 100% fruit and vegetable juice supply the same nutrients as the juice except fiber.
- Discuss with the class that eating fruits and vegetables each day supplies our bodies with the nutrients that are needed for growth and development, to fight off sickness, and to make us feel great!!
- Activity: Fruit and Vegetable Exploration
- Introduce the students to new types of fruits and vegetables or fruits and vegetables of the season.
- Pass an uncut fruit or vegetable around the class for each child to touch and smell. Allow each child to examine it closely.
- Continue the exploration by observing the inside of the fruit or vegetable. Cut a fruit or vegetable in half and pass it around the classroom for each student to observe.
- Tell the students the name of the new fruit or vegetable and the nutrients it supplies. (Teachers may use the Dole 5 A Day Reference center located on the Dole 5 A Day website to obtain additional facts about fruits and vegetables.)
- Activity: Have a Fruit and Vegetable Sampling Party
With the help of a parent volunteer or the school cafeteria staff, wash and cut the fruit and vegetables into bite-size pieces. Allow the students to taste a small piece of each fruit and vegetable. Review with the students the nutrients each fruit or vegetable supplies.
For a more structured tasting party, refer to the Vegemania, Raw Vegetable Tray or Fruit Kabobs in the reproducible materials section of the lesson plan. Use the Test Party Request form to plan for supplies and food. Use the Taste Test forms for students to evaluate the foods that they taste.
- Let students visit the Dole 5 A Day website Kids Section. Students can complete any of the fruit and vegetable activities( crossword puzzles, coloring pages, or the supermarket search) in small groups with the help of the teacher or classroom helper.
- For closure, the class can sing the Jammin’ 5 A Day Song that can be found at the Dole-5-a-day website. The words to the song can be found in the reproducible materials section.
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Assessment Procedures:
Participation in Taste Testing of new fruits and vegetables
Completion of the taste testing forms
Oral responses to class discussion.
Sing the “Jammin’ 5 A Day” song.
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Accommodations/Modifications:
Consider different learning styles and abilities when planning this lesson. Accommodations should be made for children with food allergies or specific limitation in chewing and swallowing. Teachers must follow special needs student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Modification Plan.
----- written by Division of Nutrition Assistance
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Reproducible Materials:
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Explorations and Extensions:
Plan a field trip to the grocery store or Farmer’s Market to learn more about fruits and vegetables and healthy eating. Look for the 5 A Day symbol throughout the store or market.
Cafeteria Tour—Visit the school cafeteria to show the students the fruits and vegetables served as a part of the school breakfast and school lunch programs. Discuss the fruit and vegetables served in the school cafeteria.
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Lesson Development Resources:
Dole, (n.d.). Dole 5 a day. retrieved Mar 09, 2004, from Dole 5-a-Day website Web site: http://www.dole5aday.com.
Louisiana Department of Education, (n.d.). Nutrition education. retrieved Mar 09, 2004, from Learning Cafe Web site: http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/nutrition/465.html.
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Reflections:
Obtaining the fruit and vegetables may be costly. Possibly obtain donations from the cafeteria or have parents provide for the class. The school food service manager or the teacher can conduct the food tasting activity individually or collaboratively.
For this activity to be successful, the cafeteria manager and teacher must understand his/her role and responsibility. The support and approval of the principal is essential.
This lesson could be taught in three to four 30-minute class periods.
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Contact Information:
Division of Nutrition Assistance
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/nutrition/1667.html
Louisiana Department of Education
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Additional Contacts:
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Group: Division of Nutrition Assistance |
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MarcoPolo Lesson: No
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