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Making the Connections
Linking Nutrition Education with
Academic Standards
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Main Objectives
Discuss benefits of using food and nutrition as a teaching strategy
Brainstorm ideas for supporting core curricula through nutrition education
Review resources available for incorporating nutrition concepts and skills
The pressure is on!!!
I’m too busy to teach nutrition!
Nutrition
MathHealth & P.E.
Science
Social Science
Visual & Performin
g Arts
Language Arts
Building a support network…
How can child nutrition staff support a lesson or thematic unit in the cafeteria?
How might a teacher work with child nutrition staff to support a lesson or thematic unit?
The benefits of teaching nutrition for...
Students
Teachers
Families
Communities
Process of Instructional
PlanningStandards BasedStudent-CenteredLearning Oriented
Select standards Design assessment Determine learning opportunities Plan instructional opportunities Use data from assessment for
feedback
Nutrition Competencies for California’s Children
Nutrition Competencies for California’s Children
10 competencies Pre-kindergarten through
grade 12 Learning activities Assessment tools Curriculum links
Nutrition Competencies for California’s Children
Learning Activity (Grades 1 - 3)Before lunch, guide students in sorting foods on the school lunch menu for the day into the FoodGuide Pyramid groups.
Nutrition Competencies for California’s ChildrenAssessment Tool (Grades 1 -
3)After lunch, students tally the number of Food Guide Pyramid groups represented by the foods they actually ate for lunch and compare with Food Guide Pyramid recommendations.
Nutrition Competencies for California’s Children
Curriculum Links
LA = California English-Language Arts Content Standards
Math = Mathematics Content Standards
CS = Challenge Standards for Student Success/Health Education
Nutrition Competencies for California’s Children
Form groups.Assign competency to each group.Review competency, learning activities, assessment tools, and curriculum links. Discuss and select one activity to share with entire group.Provide overview of competency; share one activity; identify curriculum links.
Brain-based
Learning
What drives learning and memory?
emotional system
attention system
learning
memory
Seven Intelligences Verbal/Linguistic Logical/Mathematical Musical/Rhythmic Visual/Spatial Body/Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal
For additional information: Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice (New York: Basic Books, 1993)
Memorable learning experiences...
“Hands on” experience
Personally relevant or interesting
Simulated a real-life experience
-- “being there” experience
Tapped into emotions
Connecting Nutrition to...
Language Arts
Math
History/Social Science
Science
The Tortilla Factory
written byGary Paulsen
Grades K - 2 Learn process for making homemade
corn tortillas; practice listening, speaking, and sequencing skills.
Language Arts Content Standards (Listening & Speaking 1.1 - 1.4, 2.2)
Nutrition Competencies 1 and 5
Kids…Get Cookin’!
Developed by Elk Grove Unified School
District
Grades 4 - 5 Practice reading informational text Based on question stems from “The
Language of Instruction” (reading comprehension and vocabulary)
Nutrition Competencies 1 and 2
Everybody Cooks RiceLiteracy Unit
Developed byHealthy Kids Resource
Centerwww.californiahealthykids.org
Grades 5-6 Practice language arts and math skills
while learning about rice and nutrition
Language Arts Content Standards: Reading (1.0)
Nutrition Competencies 1 and 2
Nutrient Rate A Recipe Activity
Establish groups of four. Each group member:
selects one of the four ingredients displayed at the table; and
graphs the amount of each nutrient (Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Iron, Calcium) found in their food item on the group graph.
Language Arts
Primary Grades
Healthy Choices, Healthy Me!
Dairy Council of California
Upper Elementary Grades
Potato PatchCreation Station! CD-ROMDairy Council of California
Pyramid PowerFood Time: An Integrated
Approach to Teaching Nutrition
Developed byUSDA Team Nutrition &
Scholastic Inc. Grades 1 - 2 Sort and count
Math Content Standards: Statistics, Data Analysis, & Probability (1.1)
Nutrition Competency 1
Finding Fat on Food Labels
Changing the Course
Developed byAmerican Cancer Society
Grades 4 - 5 Students are introduced to the
Nutrition Facts label with specific attention to grams of fat
Math Content Standards for Statistics, Data Analysis, & Probability (1.0 - 1.2) and for Reasoning (2.3, 3.3)
Nutrition Competencies 1, 2, and 3
Finding Fat on
Food Labels
Establish groups of four or five.
Each group member selects a dairy food model from the items provided.
Complete steps 5 and 6 of lesson plan provided.
Making the Connections
Science
History/Social Studies
Physical Education
Visual & Performing Arts
Strategies for Success II
Enhancing Academic Performance and Health Through
Nutrition Education
Resource Manual for Educators and Child Nutrition Programs
Virtual Teacher’s Lounge
Staff development in technology Personal web page Post and share lesson plans and
resources Chat and post discussion
questions on hot education topics Sponsored by Dairy Council of
California www.virtualteacherslounge.org
Nutrition Education:
Success for Everyone!