Eat This Not That Research Process

Videos Brain Pop: Eating Right Elmo in the White House: Eating Healthy

Who Do You Want To Look Like?

Eating Unhealthy can Cause…

What are healthy foods and how can we get others to eat healthy?

Why should we eat healthy? Keeps you from getting sick Improves athletic performance Makes you smart Reduce health risks (cancers, diseases) Obtain vitamins and minerals I f we learn about eating healthy now, in the future children will be more educated about nutrition.

The Project Determine healthy ingredients to incorporate into a healthy granola bar. Research effects on what can happen to your body if you continue to eat unhealthy Make a commercial to advertise our granola bar Sell our granola bar and promote healthy eating at the school health fair.

Problem Solving Process Step 1 Define Problem (Driving Question) Step 2 Gather Information (Research) Step 3 Develop Solutions (Possible Ingredients) Step 4 Analyze Solutions (Why these ingredients) Step 5 Select the Best Solution (Which ingredients should we use) Step 6 Implement the Solution (Make granola bar)

What should we include in our granola bar? Granola Bar Berries ? Grains ? ? Yogurt ? Nuts

Celebration

Advertising/Commercial Students will use computer software to make flyers for their granola bar. Students will come up with reasons why our granola bar is healthy. Students will then tell their peers what will happen to their body if they continue to eat unhealthy.

Health Fair The students will promote their granola bar to all the students and parents at the heath fair. They will convince others buy buy the granola bar. They will use their knowledge to describe what will happen if people continue to eat unhealthy. All the sales will go towards buying healthy snacks for the classroom.

Formative Assessment #1 What you K NOWWhat you W ANT to know What you L EARNED

Formative Assessment #2 (Investigators Worksheet) 1. List 5 Healthy Foods _______,_______,_______,________,_______ 2. List 5 Unhealthy Foods _______,_______,________,________,_______ 3. Why is eating Healthy Important? _______________________________________ 4. What can happen to your body if you eat unhealthy? ______________________________________

Formative Assessment #2 (Continued) 5. Daily IntakeDaily Intake FoodMaleFemale Dairy/Milk Meat/Beans Fruits Vegetables Grains

Summary Healthy vs. Unhealthy Food Why should we eat healthy? Introduction to the Project Problem Solving Process Celebration Event Formative Assessment