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Exploring The Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn Previous list

(revised Fall 2002)

This curriculum is designed to help young people develop into healthy adults by gaining an interest in eating healthy foods, using safe food-handling techniques, and making physical activity part of their lifestyle. This "grab and go" curriculum is designed for students in grades 1-6. Each grade has five lessons relating to the Food Guide Pyramid.

There are five lessons for each grade with the same themes per grade. The subjects are the same: Lesson 1 - The Pyramid ; Lesson 2 - Grains; Lesson 3 - Fruits and Vegetables; Lesson 4 - Milk; and Lesson 5 - Meat. Although the themes are consistent in all grades, the curriculum provides for different and unique classroom activities, physical activities, food safety activities, and take-home handouts for each lesson and grade.

Objectives:

  • Understand that good health is, in part, about the food and activity choices that young people make daily
  • Choose and use foods for good health that are consistent with the Food Guide Pyramid and the 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
  • Improve practices in food selection, safety, and preparation
  • Enjoy being physically active

    • Grade Levels:

  • Content and activities are appropriate for students in grades 1 - 6

    • Curricular Materials:

  • User-friendly CD containing hundreds of full color, copy ready graphics, lesson plans, handouts, recipes and evaluations necessary to teach each lesson
  • 30 different and complete lessons included on the CD
  • Supplemental material for the Extension Educator's use (sample letters, printable completion certificates, printable Professor Popcorn stickers, and additional web sites)
  • Each lesson contains hands-on educational activities
  • Each lesson contains a different physical activity
  • Each lesson has a different take-home handout
  • Each lesson includes application to the Indiana Department of Education State Curriculum Guide/Academic Standards

    • Materials: Publication Number:
    Exploring the Food Guide Pyramid with Professor Popcorn CD-ID-276