Alyssa Kelley
Current Technology Assignment
T&L 466
Objectives:
SWBAT:
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Identify food pyramid categories.
Identify food examples for each category.
Identify serving sizes for each food category on the food pyramid.
Explain the nutrients provided by foods from each category.
State Standards:
8th or 9th grade health:
2.1: Understands foundations of Health
1.5: Understands relationship of nutrition and food nutrients to body composition and
physical performance.
Activity:
Students will be placed in groups of 4 or 5 to work together as a team for the game of Jeopardy.
There will be 5 teams total Each person from the team will get a chance to write and state the
teams answer to the rest of the class. Each member of the team must agree with the answer
before a team is allowed to share it. Every student will have the opportunity to pick a question
for their team.
This activity will take place as a way to debrief and assess student’s basic knowledge on
nutrition. It is meant as a way for students to apply their knowledge in a new format than done in
prior lessons. Every student should be knowledge and aware of healthy food options and how to
manage how much food they should be eating in a day. With obesity becoming more prevalent in
the United States it is important to help students understand how important eating healthy is.
Teaching them this information in fun interactive ways helps students learn and remember the
information without even realizing what they are doing.
Alyssa Kelley
Current Technology Assignment
T&L 466
Applying Knowledge:
This lesson is meant to help finalize the basic nutrition information before the students receive
their final assignment for the nutrition curriculum. This assignment requires students to create a
three month long diet for themselves (it is important to realize that in a nutritional setting the
word diet is used to mean the food a person eats, not a way to adjust what someone eats to lose
weight). The game of Nutrition Jeopardy allows students to apply the basic knowledge they will
need to understand and remember to be successful in completing their final project.
Closure:
Nutritonal Jeopardy is meant to be a way to asses students prior knowledge on nutrition before
asking them to start on their indepth diet assignment. Having students work together to find
answers helps students to learn from each other not just the teacher. This lesson helps students
not only master nutrition information but work on communication, team work, collaboration and
other social skills while participating in an interactive learning activity.
Citation:
Egbert, J. (2009). Supporting learning with technology: essentials of
c l a s s r o o m p r a c t i c e . U p p e r S a d d l e R i v e r , N e w J e r s e y: P e a r s o n
Education.