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Teaching: Youth Curricula Objectives

 

Grade Level: Sixth Grade
Knowledge
Objectives

(What children
should know)
Behavioral
Objectives

(What children should
be able to do)
Show-Me
Standards
Addressed
Approved
Curricula
 Identifies foods that contain nutrients needed for adolescent growth and development (calcium, iron, folacin) Chooses foods containing nutrients needed for adolescent growth and development including eating more foods rich in calcium, iron and folacin II: B4a

 

Show-Me Nutrition* Curricula
Digging Deeper

Special Focus/Summer & Supplemental Curricula:

Chick It Out
Cooking with Kids
Discovering Food Science
Fight BAC
Healthy Body Image
Kids in the Kitchen
Mirror, Mirror
Six Easy Bites
This Is Your Life
Identifies nutrient dense fruits and vegetables Selects and eats fruits and vegetables that are nutrient-dense II: B2a
Identifies factors that influence food supply, quality and cost   II: B5a
Analyzes food labels for salt, sugar, fat Chooses foods containing moderate amounts of salt, sugar and fat  
Understands RDA and RDI    
Knows physical activity helps us maintain a healthy body Participates in leisure or play activities 2-3 times per week, strength and flexibility activities 2-3 times per week and aerobic activities 3-5 times per week for at least 20 minutes

V: A6a

Knows micro-organisms can cause food to spoil and that eating spoiled food can make us sick Practices good personal hygiene, sanitation and safe food handling including: refrigerating or freezing perishable foods promptly and defrosting foods in the refrigerator III: A1a
Knows that cold temperatures can keep harmful micro-organisms from growing and multiplying

 

Grade Levels:
Preschool Kindergarten First Second Third
Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh- Eighth Ninth-Twelfth

 

 

Family Nutrition Education Programs, University of Missouri
308 Gwynn Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573.882.9760  Fax: 573.884.5449

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