Lesson Plan : Making a Food Pyramid

Science: Making a Food Pyramid

Objective: Students will be able to complete a food pyramid by placing the correct number of foods on each level.

                                             

Materials needed:
Scissors
Glue
Assorted Magazines (Food magazines work best)
1  Poster board for each group with pyramid outline

Students will be divided into groups of three. Each group will be given a piece of poster board, magazines, scissors and glue. I will discuss the different food groups and how many servings a person should have of each. Each group will have 45 minutes to cut pictures of food from the magazines and glue them in the correct category on the poster board. The posters will then be displayed around the room.

This lesson plan is ideal for students in Elementary school . It is important to learn about eating healthy at this age. Students will remember the food pyramid in a tactile and visual way.

Placing the students in groups encourage cooperative learning, practicing and reinforcing social skills, and students can collaborate and share ideas for presentation. During any type of group work, students will talk, and this can be disruptive to other classes. Before groupwork starts I will give clear instruction to keep noise to a minimum.