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Food Power brings together food and physical activity in a fun
and exciting way. Through Food Power Classroom Activities, Food Power Adventure
and
Food Power
Digest, elementary school students learn the importance of
healthy food choices and regular physical activity. As students
travel through the adventure, they learn about the path food takes
from the farmer’s field to the
sports field. They learn where the food they eat comes from and how it
gives them energy to grow and play.
Food Power is a program offered by
University of Missouri Extension in cooperation with the Department of
Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Environmental Sciences. It adds
unique activity-based experiences to the University of Missouri Family
Nutrition Education Programs funded in part by USDA’s Food Stamp
Program.
Food Power
Adventure features a nine-stop tour of how food is grown,
packaged, sold and finally its trip through the body. At each
station, a volunteer presenter engages the students in a five minute
activity that teaches and reinforces healthy behaviors and choices.
Farm: Students visit a pizza
farm. They learn that food from all five food groups is grown and
raised on farms.
Food Packaging Plant: As
assembly line workers, students add labels to milk cartons on a
conveyor belt. They learn how to use the information on food labels.
Cafeteria: Students learn
about eating a variety of foods. They select a food tag that is
their ticket to discover what happens to the food they eat.
Mouth: Using an oversized
toothbrush and floss, students learn that good dental health and
nutrition are important for healthy teeth and gums.
Stomach: Following a trip
through the esophagus tunnel, students enter the stomach to watch a
puppet show. They learn that healthy food choices give them energy
to grow and play.
Small Intestine: Students turn
over their food tags to identify the main nutrient in their food.
They learn through a hands-on experiment about nutrient absorption
by villi.
Muscles: Students test their
flexibility and feel their heart rate increase after exercise.
Students learn that choosing healthy foods and exercise are
important for their heart and other muscles.
Bones: Students add
calcium-rich foods to a bone model to make it strong. They learn
that exercise and foods containing calcium make strong bones.
Hands: Students experience the
invisibility of germs with invisible ink and a black light. They
learn how to wash germs off their hands.
Bringing Food
Power To You!
School Commitment:
- Plan to use Food Power
Classroom Activities.
- A space for the 38’ x 40’
x 10' Food
Power Adventure walk-through, interactive exhibit.
- Volunteers to help the Food
Power Manager set up, present and take down the Food
Power Adventure.
For more information
about Food Power contact:
Ann Cohen, MS, RD
Food Power Director
301 Gwynn Hall
Department of Nutritional Sciences
College of Human Environmental Sciences
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-2435
cohena@missouri.edu
© University of Missouri Extension
2004
To order
Food Power Classroom Activities,
Request Extension Publication MP740 from:
MU Extension Publications
2800 Maguire Blvd.
Columbia, MO 65211
Toll free: 1-800-292-0969
Web:
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/miscpubs/mp0740.htm
If ordering by mail, please call
1-800-292-0969 for total cost
including shipping and sales tax. Make checks
payable to University of Missouri. MasterCard,
VISA and Discover accepted by phone and on
the Web.
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