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Eco-Healthy
Lunch
~ Inspiration
SUMMARY: Students analyze their own lunches and discover the enormous amount of waste produced by the typical school lunch. Then they generate ideas about how to pack an Eco-Healthy Lunch for their Hidden Villa field trip. DURATION: 1-2
days GRADES: 2nd-5th
CALIFORNIA
STATE STANDARDS |
| Unfortunately,
we do not yet have state standards that require all
students to understand their impact on our fragile environment
and demonstrate proficiency in basic environmentally-friendly
practices. Our state standards do set forth teaching
guidelines for nutrition and health that include the
ability to
recognize, choose and prepare healthy meals. Ultimately,
though, it seems that the health of our students and
of our environment will be the final test of these skills
that
our students
will face. |
HIDDEN
VILLA GOALS |
| Hidden
Villa strongly requests that students bring Eco-Healthy
Lunches on their field trips. This is a simple and developmentally-appropriate
way for children to learn to be responsible for their
own health and their impact on the environment. |
CLASSROOM
RELEVANCE |
It
is clear that childhood obesity is a growing problem. As a classroom teacher, I celebrate the
opportunity to guide my students in learning to make
healthier food choices. My class's Hidden Villa field trip
provides wonderful motivation to have them examine
what they eat and what garbage their food choices produce.
This is a natural lesson to follow-up with after the
field trip. You may want to have special "Eco-Healthy
Lunch Days" during the month when your students challenge
themselves to see how little waste they can produce.
Or, you may want to extend this lesson into a deeper
look at healthy eating for the body with a unit on
nutrition (see Science Projects).
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