4.2 Weighing Your Options
“Weighing Your Options” is a middle school food and agricultural literacy lesson teaching students how to read and critique nutrition fact labels, including the footnote, Daily Values, and Percent Daily Value (%DV). Through an interactive “Go Get It” activity and label-analysis worksheets, students evaluate and research the nutritional content of food products to make healthier dietary choices.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will… Critique food label and claims
- As a result of this lesson, the student will… Evaluate and research nutritional content of food products.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Computer/LCD projector or Overhead
- MS.FS.4.2.AS.A – One copy per student and one to project
- MS.FS.4.2.TM.A – Multiple copies to be placed around the classroom
- MS.FS.4.2.TM.B – Multiple copies to be placed around the classroom
- MS.FS.4.2.AS.B – One copy per student
- MS.FS.4.2.AS.C – One copy per teacher
- MS.FS.4.2.ASSESS.A – One copy per student
- Lesson Number
- MS.FS.4.2
- Precepts
- G. Physical Growth — G1. Practice healthy eating habits.
- Key Terms
- Serving, Percent Daily Value, Footnote
- Resources
- Diet Information. (2006). Sugar in a daily diet. Retrieved February 10, 2010, from Diet Information.com. http://www.diet-i.com/sugar-intake-in-daily-diet.htm; United States Department of Health & Human Services. (2009). How to understand and use the nutrition facts label. Retrieved February 10, 2010, from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/ConsumerInformation/UCM078889.htm
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- FPP.03.01.06.a.Explain the importance of food labeling to the consumer.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NM-NUM.6-8.3Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives