Students will run in place, and perform a set of jumping jacks. Tell students that the energy needed to perform these simple exercises, comes from the varied foods they eat. Students use a nutrition chart to examine some common foods, their nutritional value, and how the food supplies the body with energy. Students identify the four food groups and classify play food into the four groups. Students describe a balanced diet.
Students create a balanced lunch using some common lunch items.
Students use pictures of food items to create a collage that represents a balanced breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A. Weigh yourself in lbs. B. Walk up a flight of stairs. C. Measure the height of one stair. E. Calculate how much work you do in walking up the flight of stairs.