1. Have the students jump, blink their eyes, clap their hands.
2. Ask each student how the body is able to do these things.
3. Introduce the concept that food produces energy, and that is how we are able
to do activities such as running, etc.
4. Introduce the Milk and Meat groups.
5. Show food cards from each group and ask where these items come from?
6. The students will say that most of the Milk and Meat groups come from
animals.
7. Have the students wash their hands.
8. Explain why it's important to wash our hands when we are handling food.
9. Make ice cream which is a food for energy.
10. Give each student a small Zip Lock Bag, and plastic gloves for their hands.
11. Add 4 ozs. of milk, three teaspoons of sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
flavoring, then zip the bag.
12. Take a gallon size Zip Lock Bag add 2 cups of ice and 1/4 cup of rock salt,
place the small zip lock bag into the larger Zip Lock Bag with the ice.
13. Shake the bags; make sure the inside bag stays closed and sitting upward.
14. Shake the bags until you have ice cream. Then remove the small bag and eat
the ice cream.
15. While eating the ice cream, review and discuss how we get proteins, and
other nutrients from milk and meat, also why they are energy foods. Talk
about the exception to this group (legumes).
16. Next, we'll introduce the Fruit/Vegetable group and the Grain group of food.
17. Show food cards from each group and ask where these items come from.
18. The students will say that most of the Fruit/Vegetable group and the Grain
group come from plants.
19. Discuss each group and the nutrients received from each group.
20. Have the students wash their hands.
21. Now we are going to make popcorn.
22. Measure 1/4 cup of popcorn and place in the corn popper.
23. Place butter in the top while popping the corn.
24. Add salt and pass the popcorn around to each student.
25. Discuss the value of the Fruit/Vegetable group and the Grain group.
26. Show how these groups are used for energy.
27. Next, we'll introduce the combination groups.
28. Discuss the foods that belong in the combination groups such as pizza, and
sandwiches, etc.
29. Have the students wash their hands.
30. Each student will make a sandwich using a variety of meat, cheese and
vegetables.
31. While eating, review and discuss the four food groups and the combination
group and how they are used for energy.