Balancing Act
Balancing Act
Balancing Act
To start download the worksheet.

In advance of this lesson visit www.mypyramid.gov with your students so that they can learn their individual nutritional needs. Provide students with examples of the food groups.

Grains: brown rice, whole wheat bread, popcorn, noodles, pretzels, tortillas
Fruits: apples, pineapples, grapes, bananas, watermelon, mangoes
Vegetables: broccoli, lettuce, carrots, corn, artichoke, zucchini
Dairy: cottage cheese, skim milk, yogurt, cheese, pudding, ice cream
Protein: steak, beans, chicken, fish, peanuts, lobster, eggs
Fats/sugars: soda, chocolate, olive oil, chips

Easy Lesson:
Have students color and cut out the foods illustrated on the page. Next, have students sort the foods into the correct food group. Have students create patterns using the food.

Medium Lesson:
Have students color and cut out the foods illustrated on the page. Collect the cutouts, copy them, and use them as manipulatives to practice math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

For example: two fruits plus two proteins equal?

Challenge Lesson:
Copy the page and have students make it into a cover for a food journal. Have students copy down their individual requirements as dictated by www.mypyramid.gov. Have them record the nutritional and exercise needs they have met each day. Also have students write about a health topic you choose daily. Possible topics include: What is your favorite way to exercise? What is your favorite food?

Extension Lesson:
Have students work with a partner to create a skit about making healthful nutrition and food choices. Give them three to five minutes to plan what they will do, then have them perform their skit.


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