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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Brown Bag Challenge
Lesson Description:
Students will be able to…
Students will be able to…
- Read and evaluate nutrition labels on food packages.
- Understand how personal behaviors relate to health and well-being.
- Understand how personal behaviors can be modified if necessary to promote achievement of health goals throughout life.
- Understand that following a personal nutrition plan can reduce the risk of disease.
Lesson Type:
- Other
Sustainability Topic:
- Other
GEF Program Category:
- Green Thumb Challenge
Time Needed:
40 minutes
40 minutes
Standards Addressed:
Standards: Students will…
Health Standard 6: Understand essential concepts about nutrition and diet.
Health Standard 7: Know how to maintain and promote personal health.
Standards: Students will…
Health Standard 6: Understand essential concepts about nutrition and diet.
- Benchmark # 1: Understand how nutrient and energy needs vary in relation to gender, activity level, and stage of life cycle.
Health Standard 7: Know how to maintain and promote personal health.
- Benchmark # 1: Know how personal behaviors relate to health and well-being and how these behaviors can be modified if necessary to promote achievement of health goals throughout life (e.g., following a personal nutrition plan to reduce the risk of disease, periodically self-assessing physical fitness).
- Benchmark # 4: Understand the impact of personal health behaviors on the functioning of body systems.
Materials Needed:
- garden journal
- pencil
- multiple copies of the same nutrition labels (one set for teach team)
- paper bags (one for each team)
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
School or Group:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Located in: Green Thumb Challenge Middle School