Nutrition
ESL NRS 3-6 (All levels)
Obectives:
- Identify the six nutrients and explain their importance to nutrition
- Explain how calories are used to provide information about food
- Identify and explain the significance of key words and values on a food label
- Evaluate the nutritional content of a given food based on its food label
- Use grammar constructions (plurals, comparative constructions, and/or multi-part verbs) correctly when speaking and writing about nutrition
- Add and multiply calories correctly to determine the total calories in a meal
- Plan a meal using FDA guidelines
- Synthesize nutritional information from different sources to make decisions about food choices
Keywords: nutrition, healthy eating, meal planning, food label, calories, health, plural, multi-part verbs
