Healthy Kids Scavenger Hunt!

Healthy Kids!

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Subject Matter:  Healthy Eating

Grade Level: 5

Lesson Objective:  Learners will demonstrate knowledge of/understanding of/ability to: recognize healthy foods vs. unhealthy foods as well as be able to put together healthy meals/snacks on their own or with the help of an adult.

Subject Matter Content Standard:

Standard 1: Essential Concepts

1.6.N   Differentiate between more-nutritious and less-nutritious beverages and snacks.

Standard 5: Decision Making

5.1.N   Use a decision-making process to identify healthy foods for meals and snacks.

Standard 7: Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors

7.2.N   Demonstrate how to prepare a healthy meal or snack using sanitary food preparation and storage practices.

Use the following websites to help you answer questions in your scavenger hunt:

1. Dole.com/Super Kids: http://www.dole.com/DoleHTMLSuperKids/tabid/1173/Default.aspx

2. The Healthy Fridge: http://www.healthyfridge.org/justforkids.html

3. Kids Health: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/

Student Research Questions:

Essential Question:

1. How can we distinguish if food is healthy or unhealthy and how can we prepare healthy and nutritious meals and snacks?

            Questions:

2. Why is eating a healthy diet important?

3. How can you incorporate more healthy food into your diet?

4. Are the meals at school healthy? Why or why not?

5. Do you have healthy snacks at home? If not, what are some ways you can change that?

6. List Three things you can do after school to get exercise and stay fit.

7. What does physical activity do for your body?

Assessment: 

            The students will be assessed based on their knowledge of healthy food vs. unhealthy food as displayed in their individual and group activities and projects.