Christina Rice

Fast Food (Nutrition) / 9

th
Grade
National Standards: Standard 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to health
promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
Standard 3 - Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information,
products, and services to enhance health.
Standard 5 - Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to
enhance health.
Georgia Performance Standards: HE H.S. 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
Elements: Predict how health behaviors can affect health
status.

HE H.S. 3 - Students will demonstrate the ability to access
valid information and products and services to enhance
health.
Elements: Utilize resources from school and community that
provide valid health information..

HE H.S. 5 - Students will demonstrate the ability to use
decision-making skills to enhance health.
Elements: Justify the health-enhancing choices when making
decisions.

Central Focus: Making better choices at fast food establishments.

Student Learning Goals/Objectives: Psychomotor Learn how to choose between good fast
food and bad fast food.
Cognitive Learn how most fast food can harm health.
Affective Students attitudes towards fast food.

Prior Academic Knowledge and Conceptions: Knowledge about carbohydrates, proteins, and
fats.

Misperceptions and Common Errors: Fast food is not harmful to your health. Needs to be
addressed that there are good fast food choices and bad fast food choices.






Time Task Description Organization Key Instructions
1-3 Welcome
Introduction of Teacher
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Welcome students to class. Introduce
myself and give a short biography.
4-7 Pre-quiz BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
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Give students a pre-quiz to test their
knowledge on which foods are the
healthier choice at fast food
restaurants.
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going over slides.)
Powerpoint slideshow beginning with
history of fast food. Next basics of
nutrition. Amount of calories needed
per day, fat, carbs, protein, sodium.
Fast food websites and how to find
their nutrition information. How to
make healthier choices at fast food
restaurants.

16-21 Group project BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
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Have students get into pairs. Pass out
nutrition information for McDonalds
and Chick Fil A. Have students circle
what healthiest based on fat, protein,
sugar, and sodium content. Go over
their results. Get students input on
this.
22-25 Check for
understanding/Closing
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Has any of this information changed
your opinion about fast food? Will
you make healthier choices in the
future? How can you teach your
family to make healthier choices?
What will healthier choices do for our
future health as we age?

Theory/Best Practice: Teaching students how to make healthier choices at fast food restaurants.

Equipment: Quiz, fast food nutritional information handouts, computer, projector

Academic Language: Students will be able to tell me what foods contain good fat and what
foods contain bad fat. Students will also be able to tell me how fat is used in the body.