General Information:

• Title: You Are What You Eat!
• Producer: SciShow Kids
• Year: 2016
• Length: 17 min 45 sec
• Rating: G
• Description: In this short film, Jessi and Squeaks review a lot of topics that have to deal with food and food groups.   First, they go over what are the different types of food groups that we can place our foods into.  From fruits and veggies to grains and proteins, the show dives into the description of how foods are placed in each group.  Then the film moves on to help students learn to identify fruits from vegetables.  By describing how they grow and how they look, this is a fun way to understand the differentiation.  The show moves onto how our body tastes food. It goes into a lengthy description of how taste buds work.  And to continue on the topics covered in such a short period of time, there are two more: sugar and the digestive system.  All of these topics are great introduction for a classroom full of young students curious about food and our bodies making it the best for our topic of nutrition.
• Review: I love this video as an overview of different nutrition topics: food groups, fruits vs. veggies, how we taste, sugar, and the digestive system.  This give an in depth overview of all of these to help bring these topics to mind for our young students.  I would use this video to start discussions about all of these subjects for our students.
• Snippet:

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Core Integration:

• To integrate this topic into one subject, I would use science.  I would have an assignment for students to go home and find one food that fits each food group that the video shares: fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and dairy.  I would then have them write it down or bring it in to make a group list of everything everyone finds.   Then we’d go more into how much students should eat and so on.

Standards:

○      Health Standards:

• NHES 1: students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health
  • HE1.2.1: Explain the importance of trying new foods
    • HBO 1: eat the appropriate number for servings from each good group every day.
    • HBO 2: eat a variety of foods within each food group everyday
  • HE1.2.2: explain the importance of choosing healthy foods and beverages
    • HBO 6: limit foods and beverages high in added sugars, solid fat, and sodium
  • HE1.2.5: describe the types of foods and beverages that should be limited
  • HE1.2.8: describe body signals that tell a person when they are hungry and when they are full
• NHES 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
  • HE5.2.3: explain the potential positive and negative outcomes from a nutrition-related decision

○      Science Standards:

• K-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
  • K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
• LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms All animals (including humans) need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals.
  • 1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.