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An Interdisciplinary Unit on Childhood Obesity
Week 1
On the first day of the Unit, you will be writing in your journal to see your current knowledge of health. Your assignment is to fill up a full page in your journal, detailing what you think the word and concept of health means. Listen to your teacher and see how long you will have to complete the assignment in class. After the allotted time for writing is up, the class will discuss their responses to the question.
"Alive with 5 Food Groups"
Nutrition Video
On Day 3 of Week 1, your teacher will be teach a lesson on specific food groups and the nutritional elements found in them. You will learn which foods have different nutritional values. After the lesson, you will complete the crossword from My Plate. This worksheet will allow you to check your understandings of the concepts learned in class.
On Day 2 of Week 1, you will be watching Bill Nye the Science Guy's "Nutrition" video in class to be introduced to nutrition concepts. During the video, you will have to write down fifteen to twenty facts you learned in the video that you think are important to the concept of nutrition. Click on the button to the left to view the video.
The first week of the Unit will be used to introduce you to healthy food and nutrition concepts.
What does the word "health" mean to you?
Nutrition Video
On the last day of Week 1, you will learn the song "Alive with 5 Food Groups". Besides learning a fun new song, this song will help you remember and review the five food groups and nutritional concepts.
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