YourName:AshleyChayrez

TitleofLesson:Snackchallenge
Grade:6

LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

STANDARDS
Mathematics
6.SP.A.3.Recognizethatameasureofcenterforanumericaldatasetsummarizesallofit
valueswithasinglenumber,whileameasureofvariationdescribeshowitsvaluesvarywitha
singlenumber.
6.MP.4.Modelwithmathematics
Health
Strand6.PO1.Assesspersonalhealthpractices.
Concept3:UnderstandingPersonalHealthPO2.Analyzehowfoodprovidesenergyand
nutrientsforgrowthanddevelopment,thatnutritionrequirementsvaryfrompersontoperson,
andhowfoodintakeaffectshealth
LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovidea
reasonwhyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?
Overall,thislessonwillbeamathematicslessoninfusedwithhealthyeating.Thistiesinto
sustainabilitysothatthestudentscancarryonwhattheylearnheretohelpcontributetohealthy
future.Thislessonwillalsoholdtopicsofmathematics,suchasgraphingresults.Oncethestudents
trythehealthysnackoptions,theywillberatingthesnacksonascaleof15.Asaclass,wewillthen
usetheseratingstographourdataandfindthemean,median,andmode.

OBJECTIVES

SWBAT:
Takedownnumericaldataofclassmatessnackpreferences
Graphtheirdatausingbargraphs
Findthemeanofthedata
Findthemodeofthedata
Findthemedianofthedata
Understandhowfoodprovidesnutrientsandenergythroughhealthyeating
Understandhowfoodintakeaffectshealth
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Tomesurethestudentsunderstanding,theirassessmentwillbetographtheinformationthatis
foundduringasnacktastingactivity.Whilethestudentsaregatheringtheirdata,theyalsoneedto
findthemean,median,andmodeandwillbefillingoutthisinformationonaworksheetgiven.

PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Beforeteachingthislesson,studentsshouldbestudyinggraphing,andmean,median,andmode.
Thisactivityismeanttobeapracticeactivityforthestudentsonmathyetinvolveshealthyeating
sustainability.Studentsshouldalsohaveabasicunderstandingonhealthyeatingandwhythis
activityisbeingcarriedout.Forexample,thislessonispartofafivedayoverviewthatincludes
multipleacitvities.

MATERIALS
Healthysnackoptionsfortheexperiment
Graphingpaper
Linedpaper
Pencil
Mean,median,modeworksheet
VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Bargraph:adiagraminwhichthenumericalvaluesofvariablesarerepresentedbythe
heightorlengthoflinesorrectanglesofequalwidth.
Mean:theaverageofthenumbers.Addallthenumbersanddividebyhowmanynumbers
thereare.
Median:placethenumbersinorderandfindthemiddlenumber.Thatisthemedian.
Mode:thenumberthatoccursmostoften.

TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):
First,theteacherwillaskthestudentstheirpreferenceonsnacks.Theopeningtothislesson
shouldsoundlike,Whatkindofsnacksdoyouliketoeachafterschool?Wouldyou
rathereatCheetosasasnackoranapple?Cansnacksgiveyouaboostofenergy
throughouttheday?
Thenthestudentswillparticipateinathink,pair,share.Thisiswherethestudentswillbe
abletothinkaboutthequestionsbeingaskedbytheteacherandpairwithashoulder
partnertodiscussthequestionsaswell.
NowtheteacherwilldiscusstheinstructionstotheclassonhowtoparticipateintheSnack
Challenge.
TheSnackChallegewillincludehealthysnacksthatareprovidedbytheteacher.
Theteachermustbeawareofallfoodallergiespriortostartingthislesson.
Theteacherwillhavethestudentsratethesehealthysnackoptionsonascaleof15.
Thentheteacherwillcollectthedataoftheclassontotheboard.Suchasthissnackgotso
many5ratingsand4ratings,etc.
Thestudentswilltaketheclassdataandputitintoabargraphforassessment.
Thestudentswillalsotakethedataandfindthemean,median,andmodeonaworksheet
forassessment.
Studentswillworktogethertostrategizehowthesesnackscanhelpcreateahealthier
future.

Gooverstrategicthinking.
Discusshowthesehealthysnackscangivethemenergyandfoodintakeaffectshealth.

RESOURCES
BeaconLessonPlanLibrary.SnacksRUs.Retrievedfrom:http://www.teach
nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/health/nutrition/
WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Thislessonplanwilltieinstrategicthinking.Withmakingthesehealthysnacksandseeingthedata
ofthereultsoftheclassvotes,thestudentscanusethisthinkingtomakeahealthierfuture.They
canpassonthiswayofthinkingandthehealthysnackoptionstotheirpeers.Withthis,theywill
makeastrategyonhowtohaveahealthierfuture.