Lesson Sketch: Nutrition

Act One:

Bring in meals from the school cafeteria.

Which do you think is healthiest/least healthy? Why? What makes a meal healthy? How can we tell?

Act Two:

What information do we need to solve this problem?

http://www.sunshinehealth.net/health-care-forms/food-nutritional-value-search.htm

www.cwt.org.uk/pdfs/eatingwell.pdf

weighing scales

Act three:

Talk to school management discussing their reasons for each meal option and/or

Make posters to help other students make healthy choices 

Follow-up: 

Look at how nutritional needs change for athletes. How could we show this on our posters?

How could we change these meals to make them healthier (may use: http://healthyeatingclub.com/info/articles/nutrients/food-source.htm)?

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If you feel the need to convince your pupils about the importance of nutrition, this video does a pretty good job