Students analyze food labels. Ask students to guess what the foods are based on the ingredients. Show students the labeled grocery bags with the corresponding foods in them. Ask students to guess what each food is. Ingredients of a food are listed in order from greatest amount to least.
Students complete reports.
The report should contain 26 short statements or paragraphs pertaining to a nutrition topic-one for each letter of the alphabet. Tell students to write each of the statements on a different note card. They must include important or relevant statements for each letter of the alphabet. Students collect labels. Divide the class into six small groups and assign each group a different nutrient-carbohydrate, fat, protein, fiber, vitamin A or vitamin C. Tell students to find as many food labels as they can that are high in the nutrient group they are assigned and bring the food labels to the next class.