1.19 Food Guide Pyramid Pizza
This is a large-group lesson (Lesson 1.19, “Food Guide Pyramid Pizza”) from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, in the Field to Fork unit. Students make a pizza, then learn the food guide pyramid and its major food groups by coloring a pyramid page and categorizing the pizza’s ingredients into the correct food groups.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explain the food guide pyramid.
- Determine the food groups represented on the pizza.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Materials
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- PALS1.19.LG.AS.A
- PALS1.19.LG.ASSESS.A
- One package of refrigerated pizza dough
- One eight-ounce jar of pizza sauce
- One four-ounce package of shredded mozzarella cheese
- Various pizza toppings
- Pizza pan
- Hot pads
- Oven
- Unit
- Field to Fork
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- G. Physical Growth — G1. Practice healthy eating habits
- Key Terms
- Food Pyramid
- Resources
- My Pyramid for Kids (http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/mpk_poster.pdf); My Pyramid Coloring Page (http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/mpk_coloring.pdf); National FFA Organization. (2003). LifeKnowledge Precepts and Signs of Success
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.02.01.01.cPractice healthy eating habits.
- FPP.03.01.03.aExplain the Food Guide Pyramid in relation to essential nutrients for the human diet.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.K-4.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives