Unit 3: Nutrition and Exercise
Feb. 13/14
Learning Seminar Course
Gateway High School
© 2014
February 13/14, 2014
Homework
Due Tues/Wed
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Create Menu (typed) for your
project. Bring Printout AND share
with your teacher on Gdocs.
Food Labels Activity (handout)
http://nutritiondata.self.com/
No School Monday
Feb. 13/14, 2013
Agenda (Rosa)
•HW, Agenda
•Wrap up Hungry for Change
•Food Labels Activity
•Reading Quiz
•Brain Grain
Feb. 13/14, 2013
Agenda (Grimes)
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•HW, Agenda
•Warmup
•Food Labels Activity
•Brain Grain
•SuperSize Me (If time)
Feb. 13/14, 2014
Essential Questions
• What is a healthy meal?
• Why is reading food labels important?
Objectives: I can…
• Identify the main ideas in my research
about nutrition
• List recommendations of healthy and
Hungry for Change
• Skim over the quotes picked by your
classmates.
• KEEP THIS IN A SAFE PLACE (#12)!!
• This list is ESSENTIAL for your project
essay.
Food Labels – Table Share
Do you regularly read food labels?
Why/why not?
According to HFC, why is reading
food labels important?
Food
Labels
Basics
3) Limit Sugars, Sodium and Bad
Fats. Not all fats are bad. Think
about what you are eating.
3) Always Check the Proteins– the
higher, the better
Sugars 5g
Proteins 5g
Food Labels
Explore these two food labels for different
brands of crackers.
• Use the two food labels to try to understand
which cracker is “healthier”.
• Then, answer the questions at the bottom of
the handout.
• Afterwards, we will have a brief class
discussion
Food Labels HW
• Read over the information on the front side
of the HW worksheet.
• What questions do you have?
• For HW, read nutritional label of the 5
items that you want to serve to your family
for your meal. Write the info on the chart.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/
READING QUIZ – 4 min in
SILENCE
Read the questions carefully.
Complete in your warmup page.
Answer each question briefly in your own words.
You may NOT use your packet this time.
BRAIN GRAIN QUIZ:
1. According to what you read in the book jacket, predict at least
ONE main idea of Brain Grain.
2. What do you know about the author of Brain Grain? List at
least TWO things you remember (name, profession, expertise,
state where he lives, what he has done in the past, etc.).
3. List at least THREE topics that Brain Grain will cover.
(Example: ADHD).
Brain Grain – Anticipatory Guide
• Complete the front side BEFORE
reading:
– Give your opinion on each of the
statements
– Categorize the Vocab Words
– Define and/or connect to the Vocab
Words
Brain Grain – Intro
• Read the Introduction.
• If you get stuck, reread the
underlined and starred portions
Brain Grain – After reading the Intro
• After reading…
– Find quotes that match with Dr.
Perlmutter’s claims about each
statement
– He disagrees with all of them!
Menu Exit Ticket (ROSA)
• Based on the research from HFC and
Brain Grain, what would you like to
cook for your family? (List out the
menu)
• What makes this meal healthy? Be
specific about the health benefits.