The "Bare Necessities" of Healthy Living

This is a unit to help 3rd/4th graders learn more about the food pyramid, food groups, nutritional value they get from a proper diet, the importance of exercise and how often they need to participate in physical activites to receive the benefits. 

Prior to this webquest, it would be helpful to share the way the USDA's food pyramid looks different in many books and other sources, and why it was recently modified. 

The standards taught through this unit were:

Science Standards

*Discuss the nutritional value of various foods and their contribution to health. (4.6.1.1)
 

Health Standards

*Demonstrate comprehension of basic concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention by identifying and describing relationships between well-being and the health-related behaviors in nutrition.
*Describe how culture, media, technology, and other factors influence health behavior as related to nutrition.

Physical Education Standards

* Demonstrate comprehension of basic concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention by identifying and describing relationships between well-being and the health-related behaviors in the two content areas.