Unit 4: Lesson Plan 1

Vital Vitamins

 

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This is a lesson that is a part of a Healthy Eating unit.  Through this lesson students will learn about different vitamins and how they function in the body.  You open up the class by asking students if they take vitamins, what kind they take, and why they take them.  Then you discuss the two groups of vitamins, water soluble and fat soluble, and how they generally work and function in the body.  Students are then split up into groups and given a specific vitamin to research.  They will have several questions and characteristics of each vitamin to research. I would probably have lab/library time set aside during one class period for them to do their research.  When the research is complete, each group makes a “Vitamin Card” or poster listing their information. Each group would be required to present their vitamin to the class but would be encouraged to do so in a creative and self chosen way.  Lastly I would have students reflect on their own diets and write about how vitamins and nutrients play a part in it.

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