Healthy Food Healthy Kids

Grade Level:  

This web activity is designed as part of the 6th grade Health Unit.

Objectives:

Students will visit the website http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/main.asp  in order to identify foods from the major food groups and plan a healthy meal.

Students will visit the website http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/main.asp  in order examine a daily meal and explain why the meal is or is not healthy.

Instructions:

•  When you have acessed the website, click on " Do you know about the food guide pyramid" icon.

• Click on the link: "Tour the food guide pyramid".

• Examine each catagory and the types of food in the food pyramid.

• Then Click on "Navigate through the food pyramid" buttons for each category, to read about and identify which foods belong to each category. While reading, take notes on which foods would make a healthy meal.

• Open up a Microsoft Word document. Center and create a heading called "Healthy Meals".

• Enter 1 meal and a snack that you normally eat in a day.

• Based on that meal, respond to the following question: 

• Is this meal a healthy meal, why or why not? What foods could be added or changed to make it a healthy meal.

• Add at least 2 graphics from Online Clipart to your meal.

• Proofread, spellcheck and print 1 copy .