Pick And Run - Food Relay Race

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

·       Students identify a wide variety of food and where they come from

·       Students understands different kinds of nutrients present in different ingredients.

·       Students can explore and describe components of healthy living.

·       Students explore strategies for making healthy eating choices

Description Of Activity

You will need two sets of cardboard or plastic food models, or use printed pictures of food that easily correspond with the five segments of MyPlate (grain, vegetables, fruits, dairy, protein foods). Place an equal number of food models/pictures in two separate bags, one for each team. Include a variety of foods.

– Note: Inexpensive miniature toy food models (often available in the toy sections of department stores) would work for this purpose.

• Make two sets of five grocery bags representing the segments of MyPlate. Each set of bags should include a bag labelled 1) Grains, 2) Fruits, 3) Vegetables, 4) Dairy and 5) Protein Foods. You may want to reinforce the color concepts by using coloured paper for the labels (orange = grain; green = vegetables, etc.). Provide a set of five labelled bags to each group

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• Set the bags at the end of the hallway, in an outdoor area.

• Place an equal number of food models/pictures in the two remaining bags and provide one to each team. This bag will stay with them at the beginning of the line of participants.

• When the leader says “Go,” each team will begin its relay. The children will take turns pulling a food model/picture from their team’s grocery bag, running to their MyPlate bags and putting it in the correct one.

• After placing the food picture/model in a grocery bag, the participant will run back and tag the next person in line. The teams will continue the activity until the grocery bag at the starting line of each team is empty.

• When both teams have finished, remove the food models/pictures from the bags. Pull the items one by one from each bag as a check and review of what foods “belong” in each food group.

Variations

    Students will understand about different kinds of nutrients in different kinds food and their uses.

Coaching Tips

• On MyPlate, what colour are these groups: Grain, Vegetable, Fruit, Dairy and Protein Foods?
• Why is eating a wide variety of foods every day important? (We need lots of different foods to meet our body’s needs.)

Equipment/Material Required

 Outdoor area (Ground),TRACK

 paper grocery bags, food pictures/models