Multimedia Tool

Nutrition Lesson Plan
Objective: To educate my students on how to plan a healthy balanced and  nutrient dense meal. 
Materials Needed: chromebooks, smartboard, video from http://www.choosemyplate.org and quizzes, paper and pencil. 

Target Population: 9th grade students/high school 
Instructional Approach and Procedure: Student directed learning. Also to connect prior learning. 

•  STUDENT DIRECTED LEARNING – by allowing the students to individually explore the website and the many tools located there they can explore their own eating habits and look for ways to enhance their diet and choices with food each day. This learning activity will allow them to do these things listed below.
• To apply proper nutrition and physical activity practices to everyday life. 
• Enhance Personal Wellness 
• Apply knowledge of food and nutrient needs to personal eating decisions and meal planning.  
• Evaluate various sources that affect your personal dietary choices and physical activity habits. 
•  Formulate an effective plan for personal health enhancement.
• Determine the value of applying a thoughtful decision-making process in health-related situations. 
• Implement a wellness plan that meets dietary guidelines and incorporates moderate to vigorous physical activity.

1. Remember Prior Learning/Direct Instruction/ Questioning – Start off by reminding students about what we have already been discussing including the problems with obesity and preventable disease in our country.  Ask the students what they have already learned about nutrition. Introduce how important good nutrition and healthy eating is to each one of us. 

2. Online Multimedia tool – Show a short video to introduce the website www.choosemyplate.org  My Plate, My Wins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8KsDHCPrwY&feature=youtu.be

  3. Interactive technology instruction activity -To allow kinesthetic learners to move and stay engaged.  Use the smartboard to introduce the website www.choosemyplate.org .  Go through different aspects of the website showing them how to click through and find healthy foods.  

 4.  Self Directed Learning – To explore the website and get familiar. Have the students get a  chromebook and go to the choose my plate website (www.choosemyplate.org). Give them 5 minutes to get the chrome book and open it up to the website.   Do the ‘my plate plan’ and find out your recommended daily calories. https://www.choosemyplate.gov/MyPlatePlan

5. Additional student directed learning. Take the quizzes on the website to see what know already about healthy eating. https://www.choosemyplate.gov/quiz

 6.  Cooperative Learning/Partner Share – To have more engagement and cognitive thinking. Ask the students to raise their hands and share some small changes they think could improve their diet.  Tell them to come up with three small food changes they could make. Write them down and share with another student in the room.

7. Wrap up/Closure  and Reinforced Learning -Review what has been learned with the entire class.