Lesson Tag: anchor-chart

Making Up Our Own Minds About Foods

In this lesson, students will learn that people can be influenced to try or not try certain foods. Students will talk about how facial expressions and advertisements can change our minds and how excited we are to try different foods. They will look at two flyers about apples and talk about how it works to […]

#7: We Can Be Advocates

In this lesson, students will celebrate the skills they are building as SnackTime Explorers and use all they have learned to become advocates. They will explore ways they can use their newly acquired skills and knowledge to make a positive impact on others and on the food system.

#6: We Can Make Informed Food Choices

In this lesson, students will learn that they can make choices about what foods to eat and what foods will make their bodies feel good. Students will examine a food and figure out if the fruit or vegetable looks like it does when it grows or if it has changed. They will learn that processed […]

#5: Food Impacts Health

In this lesson, students will participate in a shared tasting experience. Students will discuss the many different social and lifestyle determinants that influence health. The term “nutrient-dense” is introduced as an appropriate way to describe foods that contain many nutrients, as opposed to framing foods as “good” or “bad”. Students will then sample a fruit […]

#4: Food Behaviors are Influenced by Internal and External Factors

In this lesson, students will participate in a shared tasting experience. While tasting produce together, students will learn what food behaviors are and different factors that play a role in them. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable, learn about the produce and reflect. Students will learn that internal and external factors shape their thoughts, […]

#3: Food and the Environment are Interconnected

In this lesson, students will participate in a shared tasting experience. While tasting produce together, students will learn about seasonality and the environmental connections of food. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable, learn about the produce and reflect. Students will learn that different people will have different food experiences and preferences, and practice respectful […]

#2: Foods Have Sources and Origins

In this lesson, students will participate in a shared tasting experience. While tasting produce together students will learn that foods have sources and origins, both geographically and culturally. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable, learn about the produce and reflect. Students will learn that different people will have different food experiences and preferences, and […]

#1: Connecting Through Food

In this lesson, students will participate in a shared tasting experience. While tasting produce together, students will learn that food is something that connects us all. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable, learn about the produce and reflect. Students will learn that different people will have different food experiences and preferences, and practice respectful […]

#7: Advocates Can Change the World!

In this lesson, students will celebrate all they have learned as SnackTime Explorers. Using all they have learned they can become advocates. They will explore ways they can use their newly acquired skills and knowledge to make a positive impact on others and encourage them to try new foods.