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Making Healthy Choices, Making Healthy Food: 4-6 Curriculum Support Unit PlanMaking Healthy Choices, Making Healthy Food: 4-6 Curriculum Support Unit Plan
Publisher
State of Victoria
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Unit Plans
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
13
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2011
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Making Healthy Choices, Making Healthy Food: 4-6 Curriculum Support

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How much water should we drink every day? How can food preparation be both healthy and satisfying? Check out this great 10-lesson unit which not only covers the body's need for water, but also includes lessons on tasting and storing fresh fruit and vegetables.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

fruit, vegetables, drinking water, cooking, food preservation, food preparation, recipes

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Consider sending a message home to parents notifying them of the various at-home experiments your learners will be completing

Classroom Considerations

  • There are many lessons that include several cross-curricular opportunities between science and nutrition curriculum, as well as home economics topics

Pros

  • Engaging, hands-on learning experiences
  • Includes all worksheets and graphic organizers 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.5.3 RI.5.4 RI.6.3 RI.6.4

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