This health unit discusses the importance of a healthy diet and eating habits. Students will learn about the food pyramid and categorize foods into groups. They will create presentations about healthy food choices and how nutrition affects the body. The unit teaches that eating a variety of foods from the different food groups provides necessary nutrients for health, energy and growth. Students participate in various activities and tasks to reinforce lessons on healthy and unhealthy foods, food groups, recipes and menu planning.

2. Content
Introduction
Healthy food Brain storming
KWL
What is healthy food?
Groups of food.
Junk food.
Healthy and unhealthy food.
Rhyming
Vitamins in fruits.
Food pyramid.
Healthy food recipe.
Healthy menu.
Unit diary.
Resources.

3. In this health unit, we will discuss importance
of planning and eating a healthy diet.
We will draw the food pyramid and
categorize foods within each category.
We will practise healthy eating habits, and
most importantly, how choosing healthy
habits will affect how we grow and learn.
We will create our own slideshow
presentations to show healthy food choices
and how choices affect us.
It is important to be
healthy and fit, to do
this everyone needs
to make healthy
choices as individuals
and stay active by
having fun and
exercising.
Nutrition is the key
concept we are going
learn, this will help us
stay healthy and
inform us on what to
eat and what not to
eat!

4. What do we need to live a healthy life?
Forclass discussionForclass discussion
How to live
healthy life
Take a
bath
Eat healthyEat healthy
Sleep and
get up
early
Communicate
with others
Brush
teeth
Wear clean
clothes

5. What we
Know
about healthy food
What we want to
Know about healthy food
What we
Learned about healthy
food
_Food is important for
our health.
_I have to take care for
our body.
_I have different kinds
of food.
_I have three essential
meals a day.
What is the healthy food._
_How to make our food
choices.
_What are the five groups of
food.
_How to make healthy food.
_I learnt that healthy food is
food that contains
carbohydrates , vitamins and
minerals.
_There are different kinds of
food. I have to choose the
healthy food to eat.
_There are five groups of
food :grains,milk,vegetables,
fruits and meat &beans.
_Healthy recipes contains
one or two services from the
food groups.

6. Task 1-1
Healthy Eating
Healthy eating means eating a variety of
foods that give you the nutrients you need to
maintain your health, feel good, and have
energy. These nutrients include protein,
carbohydrates, fat, water, vitamins, and
minerals.
Nutrition is important for everyone. When
combined with being physically active and
maintaining a healthy weight, eating well is an
excellent way to help your body stay strong
and healthy. What you eat can affect your
immune system, your mood, and your energy
level.

7. Task 1-2
Orange for grains
Green for vegetables
Red for fruits
Blue for milk
Purple for meat and beans
Fruit Group should provide 4 daily
servings, or 2 cups.
Vegetable Group should provide 5
servings, or 2.5 cups.
Grain Group should provide 6
ounce-equivalents (1 ounce-
equivalent means 1 serving), half of
which should be whole grains.
Meat and Beans Group should
provide 5.5 ounce-equivalents or
servings.
Milk Group should provide 3
cups/servings

8. Task 2
Vegetables
group
Grains
group
Meat and
beans
group
Fruits
group
Milk
group

9. (The Berenstain bears _too much junk food)
movie.
What is junk food?
“junk food” is used to describe food that is low in
nutritional value, with a comparatively high caloric
value. It could cause health problems.
How to Void junk food?
1-Eating healthy at home.
2- Fight fast food.
3- Have the spirit to stop eating chips, sweets and fast
food.
Task 3

10. Healthy Un healthy
Fruits
Vegetables
Meat
Fish
Milk
Cheese
Juice
Water
Rice
bread
Candy
Chocolate
Chips
Fizzy drinks
Soda
Fast food
Coffee
Task 4
Click here to listen to
healthy and un healthy food
song
Click here to listen to
healthy and un healthy food
song

11. Which word rhymes with
fish?
fish
dish
brush
Task 5

12. Food Vitamin
Oranges
Peaches
Bananas
Apple
vitamin C
Vitamin A and C
vitamin B6 and C
vitamin B1 and B6
Task 6

13. Food pyramidFood pyramidTask 7-1

14. Click here to learn more
about the food pyramid
Click here to learn more
about the food pyramid
The food pyramid
The food pyramid helps
kids to receive all the
nutrients growing
children need each day
from the five food
groups.
You'll need to eat a
number of serves from
each group depending on
your age and how active
you are.
Task 7-2

15. Let’s get creative! Try this healthy recipe using
the Food Guide Pyramid:
Task 8
Banana milkshake
First ,add ice and yogurt Peel and slice the banana. Then
Pour the banana shake Into a glass Blend until it’s
smooth. Next, Put the banana slices in the blender.
Finally, pour the banana milk shake in a glass and enjoy it.

16. Imagine, you are a healthy restaurant owner.
What would you serve for the customers?
Create a healthy menu.
Task 9

17. A diary about this project.
Task 10
Dear diary,
It was an amazing unit . we learnt about healthy food. Food
classified into five groups which contains all our body needs
like energy,vitamins,carbohidrates and minerals which help
us to grow up healthier,defete diseases.
We have to choose our food services from the food pyramid .
We were happy to create our own healthy food and tell our
families to follow it.
Thanks teacher

18. RecouRses