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    A Balanced Diet: The Food Pyramid: A Health Lesson For A 3 Grade Classroom

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    The document provides information about a healthy, balanced diet according to the USDA food pyramid, including the six main food groups (grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, protein, and fats/oils/sweets), recommended daily servings for each group, serving size examples, and specific food examples. The lesson objective is for students to understand the basics of good nutrition based on the food pyramid and apply that knowledge by planning a healthy snack.

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    A Balanced Diet: The Food Pyramid: A Health Lesson For A 3 Grade Classroom

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    The document provides information about a healthy, balanced diet according to the USDA food pyramid, including the six main food groups (grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, protein, and fats/oils/sweets), recommended daily servings for each group, serving size examples, and specific food examples. The lesson objective is for students to understand the basics of good nutrition based on the food pyramid and apply that knowledge by planning a healthy snack.

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    A Balanced Diet: The Food Pyramid: A Health Lesson For A 3 Grade Classroom

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    A Balanced Diet:

    The Food Pyramid


    A health lesson for a 3rd grade classroom
    Covered TEKS:
    • 115.5 Health Education, Grade 3
    ( b) Knowledge and skills
    (1) Health Behaviors. The student explains ways to
    enhance and maintain health throughout the lifespan.
    The student is expected to:
    (D) describe food combinations in a balanced diet

    such as a food pyramid.


    Questions:
    • Essential Question:
    1) How does what you eat effect your health?
    How could your eating habits now effect your
    future?
    • Unit Questions:
    1) What are the basic food groups essential for
    good health?
    2) How much do you need of each daily?
    Lesson Objective:
    At the end of this unit, students should
    understand the basics of good nutrition
    according to the food pyramid. They should be
    able to apply this knowledge to their lives by
    planning a healthy snack. Also, the students
    should come away with an understanding of
    how nutrition effects their health and their
    lives.
    Group 1: Grains

    • 6 – 11 servings a day
    • Serving size is 1 cup
    cereal, ½ cup cooked
    pasta or rice, or 1 slice
    of bread.
    • Examples: sandwich
    bread, spaghetti,
    pancakes, rice, etc.
    Group 2: Vegetables

    • 3 – 5 servings a day
    • Serving size is ½ cup, or
    about the size of the
    bulb part of a light bulb.
    • Examples: carrots,
    broccoli, green beans,
    baked potato, salad
    (lettuce)
    Group 3: Fruits

    • 2 – 4 servings a day
    • Serving size is 1
    medium piece of fruit,
    or about the size of a
    baseball.
    • Examples: apple,
    banana, orange,
    strawberries, peach,
    applesauce, watermelon,
    grapes
    Group 4: Dairy

    • 2 – 3 serving a day
    • Serving size is 1 cup of
    milk or yogurt, or 1
    ounce of cheese, about
    the size of two dominos.
    • Examples: a glass of
    milk, a yogurt cup,
    string cheese, milk on
    your cereal
    Group 5: Protein
    • 2 – 3 servings a day
    • Serving size is 3 ounces
    of meat, chicken, or
    fish, (or about the size
    of the palm of a
    woman’s hand), ½ cup
    beans, or 1 egg.
    • Examples: scrambled
    eggs, chicken nuggets,
    beans, ham or turkey
    lunchmeat
    Group 6: Fats, Oils, and Sweets

    • Don’t eat very much of


    these!
    • Serving size is 1
    tablespoon of salad
    dressing, 1 teaspoon of
    sugar, or 1 pat of butter
    • Example: candy,
    cookies, fried foods, ice
    cream, ranch dip
    References:
    • USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
    (CNPP) 2005 food pyramid.
    web.mit.edu/.../sportsmedicine/wcrfoodpyr.htm
    l

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Serving Sizes:


    Approximations to Other Items

    http://web.mit.edu/athletics/sportsmedicine/wcrservings
    .html

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