design Science unit about Food and Nutrition for 3rd grade ESL students
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UNIT OVERVIEW
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Subject/Grade Level
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Discipline Topic:
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Common Core/State Standards
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TESOL Standards
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Enduring Understandings
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Essential Questions |
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Students will know…
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Students will be able to…
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Determining Acceptable Evidence
What evidence will show that students understand
Performance Tasks/Projects
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Quizzes. Tests, Academic Prompts
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Quiz 1
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Quiz 2
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Other Evidence Student Self-Assessment
(e.g., observations, work samples, dialogues)
Determining Acceptable Evidence
3rd Grade Nutrition Unit
What evidence will show that students understand elements of good nutrition?
Performance Tasks/Projects
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· Family Meals. Students analyze a hypothetical family’s diet for one week and make recommendations for improving its nutritional value.
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· You Are What You Eat: Students create an illustrated brochure to teach younger children about healthy eating.
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· Chow Down. Students develop a three-day menu for meals and snacks for an upcoming Outdoor Education camp experience. Their menu must be tasty while meeting the USDA food pyramid recommendations.
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Quizzes. Tests, Academic Prompts
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Quiz 1 The Food Groups
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Prompt: Describe two health problems that could arise as a result of poor nutrition and explain how these could be avoided. |
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Quiz 2 The USDA Food Pyramid
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Other Evidence Student Self-Assessment
(e.g., observations, work samples, dialogues)
Informal observations/discussions 1. Self-assess your brochure.
during work on the performance tasks 2. Self-assess the camp menu.
and the camp menu project. 3. Self-assess the extent to which you “eat healthy” two times: at the start and at the end of the unit.
