Objectives
- State examples of healthy snack choices to fuel the body and brain.
Lesson Plan
The lessons in this unit help kids to understand that food is fuel. Food is what you eat and drink to give your body energy to move and think. Rather than simply classifying foods as good or bad, encourage children to stop and think then choose the best fuel (foods that supply nutrition and energy, rather than empty calories). For more information on healthy eating, go to ChoseMyPlate.gov.
Set The Stage
Ask students to share healthy food and beverage choices they’ve made at home since your last lesson. Ask follow-up questions to encourage them to share about how those choices made them feel.
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Captivate
What Do You Know About Healthy Snacks?
Students take a quiz about snack choices. They show their answers by standing on their right or left foot. Be sure to let your students know that they can use thumbs up or thumbs down if they don't feel comfortable with hopping on one foot.Educate
Learn to Make Healthy Snacks for You and Your Friends
You can make healthy snacks and drinks the easy choice.Activate
Practice making Healthy Snack Choices
Encourage making healthy snack choices by asking students to draw a snack choice using My Healthy Snack printable. For example: crackers, fruit, and cheese make a healthy snack.Close the Lesson
Have students share their healthy snack ideas with partners or the whole group. Ask if anyone heard about a new snack food they’d like to try. Compliment them on having healthy snack options in mind and comment that this makes choosing healthy snacks when you’re really hungry a lot easier!
Grade: 3-5
Time: 20 Minutes
What You'll Need
Resources
Materials
- Slideshow
Health Education Standards
- Standard 1: Core Concepts - Eat a variety of foods within each food group each day.
- Standard 4: Interpersonal Communication
- Standard 5: Decision-Making
Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
- Responsible Decision-Making
Extend the Lesson
- Play the fitGame, Fuel Tag.
- Learn about tips that help make healthy eating easy!