Lesson Plan Format

Name: Madison Khanna

Lesson Title: Discovering the Six Essential Nutrients and Their Functions
Grade Level: Fifth grade
Time Allotment: First day 1 hour research/ make powerpoint, second day 1 hour
present to the class.
Overview: Students will work in five groups to research about one of the six essential
elements. The groups will research about their specific element, make a meal plan
focusing on their assigned nutrient, and make a powerpoint to report to the class.
Subject Matter: Health and Wellness
Learning Objectives (SWBAT): given access to computers with internet and word
students will be able to:
1. understand that nutrition is one of the most important things to stay healthy
and function properly.
2. understand the importance of living a healthy lifestyle by
incorporating the correct quantity of the six essential nutrients.
3. understand the benefits of having a balance lifestyle based on what we put in
our bodies.
South Carolina Common Core Standard(s):
Standard 1: The student will comprehend concepts related to health promotion to
enhance health.
N-5.1.1 Examine the six essential nutrients, their function, and foods or f
food groups in which they are present.
P-5.1.1 Discuss the barriers to a persons practicing healthy behaviors(pg.51).
NET*S Standards:
1. Creativity and Innovation: students use their creativity to design a meal plan for a
healthy lifestyle and make a powerpoint.
2. Communication and collaboration: students are working in groups while researching
about their nutrient and while presenting.

3. Research and information fluency: students use the internet to research their nutrient
before using powerpoint
4. Critical thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making: students use critical thinking
to calculate the percentage of the daily intake.
Materials and Equipment:
*Technology:
Computers or tablets with internet access
Computers with Microsoft word
*Print Materials: poster board, markers, provided worksheet to guide them
through their research.
*Other Media: Internet,
Introductory Activity:
The teacher will begin the lesson by:
a. introducing the six essential nutrients for a human body which are carbohydrates,
protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and water.
b.

Because water is the most basic one, the teacher will start by giving an example of
the total daily intake of water, what are other sources of water than just drinking it,
and why it is important for your body to drink water.

Learning Activities:
The students will then break up into five groups to research the rest of the six essential
elements.
a

The students will have computers/tablets to do the research on.

c. The teacher will hand out the worksheet provided to guide the students through their
research.
d. The students will research their topic and answer the questions on the worksheet.
e. After completing the worksheet the students will collaborate to create a healthy meal
plan with the correct amount of their nutrient using Microsoft Word.
e. They will use word to start a portfolio of the meal plan they created. They will create
a document on word with the 6 meals for the day. They will add pictures and captions to
create the Nutrition portfolio on Word.

f. Students will then present their meal plan to class using a poster board, markers, and
pictures.
-Teacher will encourage the students to be creative while presenting. For
example a groups who has vitamins as their nutrient could all dress up like
fruits
and vegetables.
Formative Evaluation: While the students are doing their research and filling out the
questions on the work sheet, the teacher will walk around making sure the children are
staying on task and asking questions about what they have learned so far about their
nutrient.
Culminating Activities: At the end, the students will give a presentation to the class
explaining the nutrient they had and the meal plan they made they will each print their
word document to begin their Health and Wellness Portfolio.
Summative Evaluation: A rubric is provided below to evaluate the students work and
ability to follow directions.
Cross-Curricular Extensions: This activity is beneficial for the students, because they
are enhancing their mathematical skills by finding the percentage of the total intake of
their particular intake in a day. They are also using powerpoint to create their
presentation to the class.

Six Essential Nutrients and Their Functions

Directions: Answer the questions below to guide you through your research to
ultimately design a meal plan to show why your specific nutrient is essential to the
human body.

Nutrient ________________

1. What are some main sources of your specific nutrient.

2. Why is your nutrient important to the body?

3. How many grams do you need daily to live a healthy lifestyle?

4. Now make a healthy meal plan (Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Dinner)
-How much of that specific nutrient is in each meal?
- What the percentage is of the daily intake?
- Do you have too much/ too little/ or just enough for a healthy lifestyle?

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