3.1 The Food Pyramid
This is Lesson 3.1, “The Food Pyramid,” from the Grow Your PALS Program Guide (National FFA Mentoring Program), part of the Food and Nutrition unit. It is a large-group lesson that teaches students the food groups of the food pyramid, recommended daily servings, tips for meeting those servings, and ways to substitute healthier fruit and vegetable snacks for less healthy ones. The lesson includes an interest approach, content outline, teaching strategies, assignment sheets, teaching masters, an assessment with answer key, and application ideas.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- List the food groups on the food pyramid and give examples of foods from each group.
- Determine tips for successfully fulfilling daily food pyramid requirements.
- Brainstorm ways to substitute less healthy snacks for fruit and vegetables.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Materials
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- Paper and writing utensils for brainstorming
- Food magazines
- PALS3.1.LG.AS.A
- PALS3.1.LG.AS.B
- PALS3.1.LG.AS.C
- PALS3.1.LG.ASSESS.A – one per student
- PALS3.1.LG.TM.A
- PALS3.1.LG.TM.B
- PALS3.1.LG.TM.C
- PALS3.1.LG.TM.D
- PALS3.1.LG.TM.E
- PALS3.1.LG.TM.F
- Colors
- Scissors
- Glue
- Overhead projector
- Three examples of items from each food group; food product examples are listed under Objective 1
- Unit
- Food and Nutrition
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- G. Physical Growth; G1. Practice healthy eating habits
- Key Terms
- Food pyramid
- Program
- The National FFA Mentoring Program (Grow Your PALS Program Guide), sponsored by Campbell's
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.K-4.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
National Standards (AFNR)
- CS.02.01.01.aIdentify how healthy and unhealthy food affects one's body.