Food Label Reading FREE! Is This Product Healthy?: High School Health Curriculum Health Lessons

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Food Label Reading FREE! Is This Product Healthy?: High School Health Curriculum Health Lessons is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.

 

Have you ever had a student ask, "Is this product "healthy"? This lesson includes the formulas teens can use to answer this question, and use this skill for the rest of their life!!

 

For more than a decade, our expert-designed, research-based curriculum has been a trusted resource in Health and PE education. Continuously refined and proven in classrooms, it remains the benchmark resource for schools seeking to enhance their programs and support student well-being.

 

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This digital download product, is editable in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for print and online on Google Drive.

 

 


 

HERE IS MORE ABOUT MY #1 DOWNLOADABLE FREE RESOURCE:

 

  • Now with NEW U.S.D.A. NEW FOOD LABELS
  • WORKSHEETS ARE ON GOOGLE DRIVE!
  • Low-Prep and easy to teach
  • Teaches life skills students will use daily!
  • Real products and labels for examples
  • Step-by-Step teacher directions follow PowerPoint slides to walk you through lesson
  • EDITABLE in Word and PowerPoint!
  • Get everything students should know about reading food labels and give students the formulas to figure out if a food is healthy enough to be in school vending machine. (If a school is classified as a "Healthy School" a product must be less than 35% fat and less than 35% sugar.)

 


 

This resource is taken directly from my Full Semester/Year High School Health Curriculum, and my Middle/Junior High School Health Curriculum, which are both #1 Best-Selling Health Curriculums on TeacherPayTeacher!!

 


 

★ Here is what previous buyers are saying:

 

  •  "Actually one of the best resources I've ever downloaded from TPT. I can't believe it was free!! I don't even teach health. I'm using it for a class on science literacy and this was the perfect fit for my unit on food science and diets."
  • "Kids bring in all kinds of things and ask is this healthy, but I believe that once I show them this presentation they will know how to check for themselves."
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  • "I would give this lesson the highest rating. I found the subject matter important, relevant and the lesson highly informative. The lesson was easy to understand and I was able to put ideas to use right away; highly practical and useful!"

 


 

>> Integrated Skills Based, Content Based / Knowledge Based. The best of both worlds.

>> Meets HS/MS National Health Education Standards. 

>> Meets HS/MS Technical Subjects Health Common Core Standards.

>> Meets Washington State’s rigorous Health Education Standards.

 


 

 THIS FREE LESSON INCLUDES: ★

 

1. 23 PAGES OF STEP-BY-STEP TEACHER DIRECTIONS that suggest what to say and follow PowerPoint slides that walk you through each lesson as you teach your students!

 

2. An editable 57-slide PowerPoint that walks you through the lesson

 

3. An editable student worksheet where each student will pick a product or label and read it on their own

 

4. Editable and printable and online on Google Slides food labels to use if you don't have real containers!

 

5. Fun editable "Grocery Store Scavenger Worksheet"! (Also on Google Slides!)

 

6. 3 links to great videos on the new U.S.D.A. food label, grocery store labels, how to read food labels, and the reality of fast food advertising

 


 

 Here is some of the content included:

 

How manufacturers may try to deceive consumers with false packaging, unrealistic serving sizes, and confusing information

 

Real product examples, like Kraft Mac 'n Cheese lists 3* Grams of Fat, but if you actually MAKE the Mac 'n Cheese it's 90 Grams!

 

•NEW U.S.D.A food label!

 

•Why it's important to know how to discern the information on a label

 

•How to pick what's worth reading on a food label and how to understand a food label

 


 

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