http://educate.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/HealthyEating/
This website contains a unit plan for the Learner-Active Technology-Infused classroom (talk about a mouth full!). As I reviewed this unit, I really enjoyed the activities that students were able to participate in! Being the healthy person that I am, I was glad to see that someone was interested in teacher their class about healthy eating habits! While this may not sound like the most educational thing to some of you teachers out there, I believe that a students diet can have a role in how well he does in school.
This lesson teaches the child the food pyramid, and allows them to begin making healthy choices for themselves. They make a powerpoint presentation of healthy foods, and they also prepare a menu on a poster to present to the class what a healthy meal would be. I think it is a great way to begin teaching children, even at a young age, what is good for them to eat and what is not. America has such an obesity problem that it would be extremely beneficial if teachers (as well as parents) taught children what is best for them to eat. As Christians, it is doubly important. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which means we should be taking care of it and not allowing fleshly desires (yes, even hunger) cause us to destroy that temple.
I thought this unit had a good variety of teaching tools. It was not all technology, but it did incorporate the use of technology in a realistic way. They students were challenged to use a bit of creativity in making the powerpoint and the poster. They were also challenged to use their own thoughts in making decisions about what to eat, rather than a teacher just telling them the right answers. I think this would be a great lesson to use in a classroom sometime! There are so many other things that you could do with it besides what is already written out in the unit plan.
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Rachel~
Thanks for your thoughts about this lesson. I think that this is one of the lessons that I had looked at, and it definitely engages the students in learning. The teacher is not the holder of all the knowledge, but the students have the opportunity to explore and think about their own food choices and how that relates to the food pyramid/healthy eating/etc. Was this the lesson that also had students creating a healthy restaurant? Interesting idea to get the students involved in decision making and applying what they have learned through this unit. Again, thanks for your comments.
Rachel~
I do appreciate that you believe its important for students to be actively watching what they put into their bodies. It is becoming an epidemic of obesity in American society. Our children (and adults) are becoming lazy and are not being careful as to what they do to their bodies. I think that it would extremely fun to put together a presentation for a class if I was your student. ;) It sounds like a lot of fun.
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