1. What is the Food Pyramid?
The food pyramid sorts different foods into groups.

2. Grains The orange food group represents:
Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal,
barley or another cereal grain is a grain product.
Bread
Pasta
Oatmeal
Rice

3. Vegetables The green food group represents:
Any vegetable or 100% vegetable juice counts as a member of the vegetable group.
Broccoli
Carrots
Corn
Tomatoes

4. Any fruit or 100% fruit juice counts as part of the fruit group.
The red food group represents:
Fruits
Any fruit or 100% fruit juice counts as part of the fruit group.
Apples
Blueberries
Grapes
Oranges

5. Milk The blue food group represents:
All fluid milk products and many foods made from milk are a part of this food group.
White Milk
Chocolate Milk
Cheddar Cheese
Cottage Cheese

6. The purple food group represents:
Meat and Beans
All foods made from meat, poultry, fish, dry beans or peas, eggs, nuts, and seeds are considered part of this group.
Eggs
Chicken
Beans
Shrimp

7. Click on the food that belongs in the grain group.

8. Correct! Oatmeal is a grain.

9. Incorrect. Try Again.

10. Click on the food that belongs in the Vegetable group.

11. Correct! Corn is a Vegetable!

12. Click on the food that belongs in the Fruit group.

13. Correct! Oranges are a Fruit!

14. Click on the food that belongs in the Milk group.

15. Correct! Cheese is in the Milk group!

16. Click on the food that belongs in the Meat and Bean group.

17. Correct! Shrimp is in the Meat and Bean group!

18. Congratulations! You are finished.
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20. Grade Level Content Expectations: Health Education, Grade Two
Strand I: Nutrition and Physical Activity
Standard I: Core Concepts
Classify foods into the food groups.

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