Meeting Our Nutritional Needs

Magdalen Uson

ED- 451 Audio Visual

Grade level: 5^th Grade

Content Area: Health Education

Lesson Length: 45-60 minutes.

GDOE 3^rd Grade Health Education Standards:

6.3.15 Examine and read a food label to assess where the various information about the food products can be found.

6.3.16 Use food labels to compare the food value differences of similar foods which are canned or frozen.

6.3.17 Analyze a food label and appraise its information value to the consumer.

Analyze Learners

Student demographics:

This lesson plan is appropriate for 25 3^rd grade students in the general age range of learning capacities.

12 -Chamorros

7 - Filipinos

4- Chuukese

2- Palauan

5- English as a second language (ESL)

(3) Students with Learning Difficulties (LD)

Learning Styles:

Kinesthetic - 60%

Visual- 30%

Audio- 10%

State objectives

Students will be able to:

Read the nutritional labels on canned food items such as Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage.
Compare the calories, sodium, and fat of Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage.
Create a spreadsheet on the computer using the three nutritional facts about the canned meat they compared.
Discuss and explain the findings of their research.

Select Media, Materials, and Methods:

Media:

Computer with Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Materials:

Pencils
Data Sheets
Calculator
5 cans of Spam
5 cans of Corned Beef
5 cans of Vienna Sausage

Nutritional Label Facts:

SPAM

CORNED BEEF

VIENNA SAUSAGE

Methods:

Small Group Learning

Utilize Media, Materials, and Methods

1. Computer with Microsoft Excel- the students will use MS Excel to organize their data of comparing the three nutrition facts of the three canned meat products .

2. Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage cans- Students will record and compare the calories, sodium and fat in the canned meat.

3. Calculator- Students will compute the difference between their predictions of how much calories, sodium and fat are in the canned meat to their actual findings.

Require Learner Participation

Introduction/Pre Assessment

Students will be placed into 5 groups of 5.
Review the class on the previous lesson learned, on how much calories, sodium and fat intake is in the average daily diet. Ask the following questions, “What is the normal calorie intake?”, “How much sodium (salt) are we supposed to have in our daily diet?”, “Is fat healthy for our diet?” “What kind of fat is the most unhealthy?”
Explain to the class that they will be doing research on the three popular canned meats on Guam; Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage.
Have the students guess how much calories, sodium, and total fat is in each serving of Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage and record it on their data sheets to compare with their actual findings.

Exploration

Each group will have one computer with MS Excel.
Students will compare their predictions of calories, sodium and total fat to the actual amount.
Each group will assign one leader to input the student’s predicted Calories, Sodium and Total Fat of the three canned meat products into their group data sheets.
Have each group work together in recording the actual three nutritional facts in Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage.
Students will compute using their calculator to figure out the difference of their predictions and actual findings of the three-canned meat.

o Ex. Prediction of Spam Calories- 50 calories in one serving

Actual Spam Calories- 180 calories per serving.

"180 – 50 = 130 calories difference between prediction and actual finding."

Students will input the actual calories, sodium and total fat into their data sheets ans spread sheets.
Instruct the students on how to use Microsoft Excel:

1. Have students click on Microsoft Excel.

2. Students will type in “Meeting Our Nutritional Needs” into the header.

3. Students will begin with row 1, column B:

- Have students label B, C, and D. A- Blank, B-Calories, C- Sodium and D-Total Fat.

a. It should look like this:

4. Students will label the rows on Column A. Have students begin and type on row 2- Spam, row 3- Corned Beef, and row 4-Vienna Sausage.

- It should look like this:

5. Students will input the actual Calories, Sodium, and Total Fat into their respective places.

- It should look like this:

Generalization

Ask students the following questions to find out their understanding of the nutrition labels of Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna Sausage:

- Was there a big difference between your predictions and the actual nutrition facts of the three-canned meat?

- Which canned meat had the most calories?

- Which one had the most sodium?

- Which one had the most total fat?

- Why do you think Vienna sausage has the most out of all the canned meat?

- Are these canned meat good for our diet? Why or why not?

Application assessment

1. After students input their findings, they will generate a bar graph of their research by clicking on “Charts”.

It should look something like this:

2. Lastly, students will present their bar graphs to the teacher and explain their predictions and actual findings of Spam, Corned beef and Vienna sausage.

Evaluate and Revise

Student Performance:

Students will be evaluated on:

Group participation
How well they inputted the nutritional facts of Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage into their data sheets.
Their ability to compare and contrast their predictions and actual findings by computing the difference using a calculator.
How well they utilized Microsoft Excel to organize the actual nutritional findings of Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna Sausage .

At the end of this activity, students will be able to:

Identify the Calories, Sodium and Total fat on food nutrition labels.
Distinguish what are healthy food choices for their diet.
Compare and contrast their results by developing a bar graph.

The following rating will be used to evaluate students’ knowledge and performance of the assigned lesson. (Total possible points: 100 pts.)

Criteria	Possible Points	Received Points
1. Students recording their data of predictions and actual nutrition label findings	20
2. Students’ sorting of their data of the three-canned meat products using a digital spreadsheet.	25
3. Students’ ability to explain and present their bar graphs	30
4. Students’ completion of their bar graph	25
TOTAL Possible Points:	100	/100

Media Effectiveness:

The student’s ability to use the digital spreadsheet to compute the nutritional facts of calories, sodium and total fat in Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna sausage.

Instructor Performance:

§ Was the lesson well planned?

§ Did the lesson run smoothly?

§ Were the lesson plan objectives achieved?

§ What are the possible ways this lesson could be improved for the future?