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Healthy Snacking: Grades 9-12

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Snacks—even the word can conger up a hunger. Rapidly growing teens, especially, rely on snacks to get them from one meal to the next. After reading a series of articles about nutrition and healthy snack choices, pupils fill out a report card and grade the snacks available to them on campus and at home. Then generate a list of their top 10 favorite healthy snacks.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
healthy eating, healthy habits, nutritional needs, snacking, calories, food labels, fast food, energy, carbohydrates, sugar, protein, fats, vitamins, Nutrition, balanced meals
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Additional Tags
health
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Instructional Ideas
  • Ask class members to create and share with parents or guardians a shopping list of healthy snacks
  • Divide the class into six expert groups, assign each a different article to study, jigsaw the groups, and have experts share what they learned from their reading
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires copies of the snack report card computers with internet access
Pros
  • The packet includes links to the information articles, discussion questions, and a comprehension quiz with answer key
Cons
  • None