4.1 It’s All in a Label
This middle school lesson (“It’s All in a Label,” Lesson MS.FS.4.1) teaches students how to interpret a Nutrition Facts food label, covering its four parts: serving size, calories, nutrients, and footnotes/%Daily Value. Through a movement-based activity, label note sheet, and label-interpretation exercises, students learn to read and compare the nutritional information on packaged foods. It is part of the Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum (Pork Checkoff).
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will… Critique food labels and claims.
- As a result of this lesson, the student will … Interpret a food label.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Notebook paper
- Writing utensils
- Scissors – one set for teacher
- Tape
- MS.FS.4.1.AS.A – Copy and cut up as many sheets needed to speed the activity
- MS.FS.4.1.AS.B – one per student
- MS.FS.4.1.AS.C – one per student
- MS.FS.4.1.AS.D – one per teacher
- MS.FS.4.1.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Precepts
- B. Relationships; B4. Eliminate barriers in building relationships
- Key Terms
- Serving Size; Calories; Nutrients; Percentage Daily Value
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- FPP.03.01.06.bExplain the required components of a food label
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives