Everybody Needs Food
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Video: Everybody Needs Food
Food is one of our four basic needs. Everybody needs food whether they live in an arid desert or a snow-covered forest, and what they eat is largely determined by where they live. Learn that food doesn't magically appear in a supermarket but comes from farms, ranches, the sea, etc. and that halfway around the world a 'supermarket' might be an open-air marketplace without refrigeration where people must buy food daily.
Student Application
We all need food to live. Learn about the origins of the food we eat.
Learning Objectives
- Students will understand that everybody needs food for survival. Healthy food provides people with the nutrients they need to grow and perform activities.
- Students will know that food comes from plants and animals.
- Students will be familiar with the food pyramid, which suggests how much of a certain type of ...
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- What We Eat: After lunch, let each student tell two foods that he/she ate. List the foods on the board and divide them into types of food found in the food pyramid: grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, protein, and oils and sugars. Make a class pyramid, having...
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- What We Eat: After lunch, let each student tell two foods that he/she ate. List the foods on the board and divide them into types of food found in the food pyramid: grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, protein, and oils and sugars. Make a class pyramid, having...
