Science Healthy Diet Breakfast Foods

This unit encourages children to learn why breakfast is an important part of their diet. They learn that different breakfast foods provide different nutrients and why some breakfast foods are healthier than others. They learn how to look at food labels on commercial packages in order to make comparisons. Planning included!

To introduce the topic, you will need general food clipart, food groups and nutrients labels, and healthy diet nutrients poster (based on the Eat Well Guide) not included with this set.
Follow the links bellow to access these resources.

This set includes:
Facts sheets/posters
• Brief description about different food groups and the nutrients they provide.
• Why having breakfast is good for us?
• Best foods to have for breakfast.
• Worst foods to have for breakfast!
• Food labels - on commercial packaging.
• Nutritional Facts – find out what each part of a label means.
• Breakfast Foods Flashcards
Worksheets:
• Breakfast Diary (to complete at home beforehand)
• Explain ‘Healthy Diet’ – use word bank to complete sentences.
• Why having breakfast is good for us? - use word bank to write a paragraph.
• What did you have for breakfast? (based on the Eat well plate)
• Healthy nutrients for breakfast – a) use word bank to complete sentences – b) illustrate other breakfast foods and use word bank to complete sentences.
• Best breakfast foods - tick sheet
• Comparing Food Labels – complete 2 different nutritional facts labels from investigating commercial breakfast foods and make comparisons.
• Vitamins and Minerals – find out which type of vitamins and minerals are found on listed breakfast foods (table)
• Plan a healthy breakfast – include one food from each food group to make a balanced diet.

Healthy Diet Food Clipart & Nutrients Labels. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-food-clipart-and-nutrients-labels-13020181

Healthy Diet Nutrients Poster
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-poster-12934944

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