Freshmen Seminar
Lesson Plan
Topic:
Nutrition
Length of Class:
55 minutes
Does this lesson require a “pre-class” activity? YES
Pre-class Activity
1. Create a seven day meal tracking sheet for each student in your class. The sheet
should allow students to write down what they eat for the seven days prior to your
next class. The sheet should have spaces for daily meals (breakfast, lunch,
dinner) and snacks.
Objective:
1. Present healthy eating styles and help students gain a better understanding of
nutrition information.
2. The class will allow students to evaluate their daily eating habits.
3. The class will help to educate students about campus resources that can contribute
to healthy eating habits and exercise.
Class outline:
1. Attendance & Announcements
2. Introduction to Nutrition
a. Explain the food pyramid and what the average person should be eating
everyday.
b. Utilize chapter 6 in the Your First Year at Stony Brook text for
information.
c. Utilize the following website about eating healthy on a college campus:
www.ynhh.or/online/nutrition/advisor/nutrition_101.html
3. Have an open discussion about why eating healthy and staying fit is not only
important for individual health but success in the classroom.
4. Have the students break into small groups and create two lists.
a. List one will be all the ways students can eat healthy in the dining halls
and stay active on campus.
b. List two will describe the top 10 ways that students can easily eat
unhealthy and become lethargic in their new environments.
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5. As a homework assignment have the students review their meal tracking sheets.
Have them journal or write a brief paper regarding their thoughts about their
eating habits after this class. Have them discuss in their paper or journal why they
chose to eat what they did and would they could have done differently.
Activities:
Meal tracking sheet.
Small group discussion.
Suggested Assignments:
See step five for suggested assignment
Support Materials/Handouts
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