Nutrition 456 Lesson Plan

Group Members Names: Anna Bailey, Skyler Amrhrein, Kyla Line, Meagan Shultz

Topic Selected: The topic revolves around the importance of food cost, and how expensive
healthier foods are compared to processed foods. The take home, is comparing the costs to that
of the childrens school lunches, which makes it relatable, creates awareness, and forms a sense
of appreciation within the students.

Title of Presentation: The Price Is Right

Target Audience: K-5

Duration of the Program: 5 min

Program Goal: The desired goal is to introduce the importance of food costs in relationship to
healthy foods and in comparison with processed/junk foods. Also creating a sense of awareness
within the children can establish appreciation and more willingness to experiment with healthier
foods or clear off their plates at dinner/lunch.

Overview: Throughout the game, the children will learn to calculate costs of expensive fruits,
and cheaper processed products/junk foods. The focal point will revolve around making a
connection between the food costs of fruits, and comparing those prices to the junk food options
we have available during the activity. Students will be presented with numerous fruits, such as
cuties, bananas, blueberries, and pomegranates, or oreos, gushers, huggies, pop, or chips. They
will guestimate prices of the foods, and we will acknowledge if their answers were correct or not,
and then reinforce the foods prices by comparing it to the junk foods we have. After determining
the actual costs, the activity will require the students to calculate the total costs if they were to
buy fruit, as opposed to chips or gushers. This will establish a sense of self efficacy, because the
students will be thinking and calculating the costs themselves, which will hold them accountable.
The price of their school lunches will also be an important component for the children to refer
back to when creating connections throughout the activity. In addition, those prices will then be
compared to the price for their lunch to make an even better understanding of healthy food costs.
At the end of the lesson, the students will understand the significant cost difference and generate
more appreciation for the expensive foods, due to the costs and the healthy nutrients that
accompany them. Each food will have a large name tag, with a price, and a few simple common
nutrient facts(placed on the foods after they attempt to guess the prices). After the children
complete the activity, we will ask and create conversation about what the cost concept means to
them, and how they should approach eating healthier foods differently. Each student will have
their choice of a banana, cutie, or apple to leave with.

Objectives:
-Children will be able to calculate the costs of foods.
-Children will understand how expensive healthier foods are in comparison to processed/junk
foods.
-Students will be able to make connections between the price of their school lunch compared to
the price of an expensive healthier food, and develop awareness between the difference in cost.
-Children will be able to install appreciation within themselves for the healthy foods, but also to
acknowledge that the cheaper options do not provide longevity, like the healthier foods do.

Procedure:
Introduction:
Begin by introducing each group member(roughly 1 min), right away we will introduce the
activity and get the game underway, especially because some of the children might take longer
calculating costs than others.

Good Afternoon kids, My name is.(all group members will introduce themselves), we will be
playing a game, The Price is Right. Right up here we have some fruits, and some junk foods
you guys might be familiar with. If you didn`t already know, healthier foods are much more
expensive than chips or pop. First you will attempt to guess some of the foods prices. After we
have gone through all the foods, we will reveal the real costs, and you guys can calculate an
actual total cost of a few foods.Make sure to keep in mind the differences between the foods,
when you begin to calculate, and why that might be, and what that means to you. Okay kids, grab
your calculator, and lets begin!

*At the end of the activity, we will address the students and ask if they know how much their
school lunch costs, and see if they can identify the differences. Then we will reinforce why the
foods are more expensive and why the students should eat the entire portion of fruits they have at
lunchtime or dinner.

Body: The activity is a game named The Price is Right. The students will have tangible real
life foods in front of them. Some of the foods will be fruits(Pomegranates, and Pomegranate
juice, Blueberries, Cuties, and Milk) common junk foods(Oreos, Doritos, Gushers, and pop/
Huggie drinks), and then milk and pop. To illustrate, there will be blueberries on the table, and
the children will try to guess the price. After we get through all the foods(10 items), we will
make price corrections, and then put up the tags with the real price on it. Then the students will
begin by calculating what it would cost to purchase some of these foods in the grocery store.
First the fruits, then the junk foods. The correct prices will be tagged on the foods after the
guessing portion of the game. Following the calculations, we will ask the children to draw
connections between the prices, and see if they can identify the differences, and ask what this
means to them. We can then intervene by encouraging them to appreciate the costs of healthier
food and to always try and finish their fruit at lunch or dinnertime, especially because of all the
nutrients they have that junk foods do not. The lesson will then conclude with the students
choosing a fruit to take with them, and a goal to have in mind next time they encounter a fruit on
their dish.

Tip One: The students will be able to understand the large cost gap between healthier foods and
junk foods, creates a sense of awareness, and to allow them to value healthier foods and utilize
their benefits in the future.
Tip two: Most importantly, the children should take away a goal from the activity, which is that
notion that the expensive foods provide nutrients that keep you strong and full of energy,
whereas the junk foods are cheap, and do not give the body the same benefits.
Tip three: Lastly, encouraging the students to be engaged with their parents at the grocery store
and recognize the differences in other healthier foods as well.

Conclusion: Following the price calculations, we will ask a few questions about differences they
noticed after the calculations, why they think that is, and what their goals are for the future when
they go to the grocery store with their parents, and what they will do next time they have fruit at
dinner, lunch, or breakfast. Before the children leave, they will have a choice of a banana or cutie
to take with them.

Learning Experiences/Activities

-After the introduction of group members, there will be instructions/directions for the game. The
foods will be explained in a mini explanation. Next the kids will do the game portion, which will
require an answer key on our part, to ensure they calculated correctly, in addition the foods used
in the lesson will also require a mini answer key that provides the price, name, and one nutrient
fact. After this, another mini discussion will begin.

Method of Evaluation:

-In the beginning/introduction of our lesson we will ask children to guess how much each food
item or a couple food items cost, depending on the amount of time we have. Then we will
transition into the actual lesson where we will explain how healthier options tend to be more
expensive and chips and cookies tend to be really cheap. If time allots, we might have time to
briefly inform the children why healthier options are more expensive. Then, towards the end of
the lesson we will give them a chance to use a calculator themselves and figure out how much a
group of junky food items cost compared to a group of fruits and fruit juices. Through
successful completion of our lesson our end goal is children leaving with a sense of
understanding on the price differences in healthy and unhealthy food. Often times, children get
frustrated when their parents are purchasing apples and bananas and sometimes ask mothers and
fathers why they dont get more chips and cookies. We hope that this lesson will show kids how
much they should value their healthy options at home, as their parents probably spent more
money to purchase them than the occasional chips and cookies. This will show the value of
healthy food. We will then re emphasize by asking children how much these food items cost.
Hopefully they know the correct answers this time. The verbal quizzes, like previously
explained, will occur at the beginning and end of the lesson and will show the childrens change
in knowledge between the prices of healthy and unhealthy food.

Materials:
-Bananas
-Cuties
-Blueberries
-Oreos
-Doritos
-Gushers
-Milk
-Pop
-Pomegranates & juice
-Calculators
-baskets
-pencils
-Poster Board Display
-Price Tags
-Mini Notecard Nutrient Facts on each fruit

Websites:
https://www.wegmans.com
nutritionfacts.org/
www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/