The Parts of the Plant Salad

Parts of the Plant Salad (2nd Grade)
Write on the Chalkboard
You have the power!
Choose to be healthy!
Grow healthy and strong by eating healthy foods
and being active every day.
NUTRITION OBJECTIVES CHECK LIST
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Students prepare and taste a vegetable salad.
Students express ways they can choose to eat healthy foods and be active.
Students explain the health benefits of eating vegetables.
Students identify that carrots, broccoli, lettuce, celery and corn fit in the
vegetable food group of MyPlate.
MATERIALS AND INGREDIENTS
Bins
Teacher Provides
Will be Delivered
In Kitchen Bin
- cutting board (teacher
only)
- chef knife (teacher only)
- 1 large bowl
- mixing spoon
- can opener
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In Paper Goods Bin
- plastic knives*
- small paper plates*
- plastic forks*
- napkins*
- plastic gloves (2 per
student)
*one per student
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activity sheet copies*
recipe copies*
1 copy of text with Venn
diagram
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book: “Vegetables!
Vegetables!” Fay Robinson
2 carrots
2 celery stalks
1 head Romaine lettuce
1 broccoli crown
2 tomatoes
15 oz. corn
low-fat salad dressing
plastic coated paper
plates*
SET-UP
Copies:
Make copies of the salad recipe (each student) and activity sheet (each student).
Plan to display “The Parts of a Plant” text with Venn diagram to do together as a
class.
Work area:
Students will work individually at their desks.
Have nutrition table ready for lesson materials and ingredients.
Food-prep:
Wash vegetables (carrots, celery, lettuce, broccoli, and tomatoes) ahead of time.
Cut vegetables into enough pieces so that each student will have 2-3 different
vegetables to cut up.
Open and drain the can of corn.
Have salad dressing, can of corn, large bowl, mixing spoon, and tablespoon on
nutrition table ready to use for the salad.
Have plastic coated paper plates, plastic knives, and plastic gloves ready to pass
out to each student for cutting vegetables.
Have small paper plates, plastic forks, and napkins ready to pass out to each
student for serving and eating the salad.
Other-prep:
Have “The Parts of a Plant” text with Venn diagram ready to display and work on
together as a class.
Have the book “Vegetables! Vegetables!” ready to read to the class.
INTRODUCTION WITH STUDENTS
Let’s Wake Up Our Brains! Brain Boost Exercise!
Can you move with me? Repeat to get your heart rate up.
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Hop on one foot (10 times)
Hop on the other foot (10 times)
Jump-Squat-Jump (10 times)
Do Jumping Jacks (10 times)
Touch your toes (10 times)
Now that our minds are ready to go, let’s get started on our nutrition lesson.
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Display and read “Parts of a Plant” text (Venn diagram) with students. Fill out the
Venn diagram together and list ways that plants help people. See teacher
answer sheet. Note: Have students think about how people and plants are
different in how they get water, sun, air, and food into their bodies.
Have students tell you the most important thing of all that plants do for people.
Plants are food that help us grow and live! Ask them to tell you which parts of
the plant we eat. We eat all the parts.
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Ask students to name some of their favorite vegetables. List them on the board.
Have students decide which part of the plant each vegetable is. Remind them
that vegetables help keep our bodies healthy because they are full of vitamins,
minerals, and fiber, which help our bodies grow and live.
Remind students that eating healthy and being active is their choice. Refer
to the key behavior and remind students that they “have the power to make
healthy choices every day.” They can eat fruits and vegetables in the
lunchroom and be active on the playground.
Read the book “Vegetables, Vegetables!” to students. Discuss the different
vegetables in the book. Ask students which vegetables are their favorites and
which they have never tried.
Tell them that they are going to make a vegetable salad out of all the different
parts of the plant.
PROCESS
Step 1:
Have students wash their hands with soap and warm water.
Step 2:
Pass out and read the salad recipe with students. Show each ingredient
and have students tell you what part of the plant it is: Carrots (roots),
celery (stems), Romaine lettuce (leaves), broccoli (flowers), tomatoes
(fruits), and corn (seeds).
Step 3:
Pass out plastic coated paper plates, plastic knives, and plastic gloves.
Remind students to keep their plates, knives, and gloves clean.
Step 4:
Pass out the vegetables to students. Give each student 2-3 different
vegetables to cut up. Show student how to tear the lettuce into small
pieces.
Step 5:
When students have finished cutting all of the vegetables, collect them in
the large bowl and add corn and salad dressing.
Step 6:
To start with, serve a small amount (about 1-2 tablespoons) of the salad
on small paper plates. Pass out the salad along with plastic forks and
napkins.
Step 7:
Let’s Eat, Let’s Talk. While students enjoy their salad ask them what
they have learned this year about eating healthy and being active.
Help students personalize ways they can make sure to eat colorful
fruits and vegetables and be active every day. Ask and discuss the
questions in the box Make Health Happen.
Step 8:
Pass out the activity sheets and have students complete.
Step 9:
Remind students to take their recipes home to share with their families.
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How will you get the vegetables you need today?
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What do you do to make sure you eat fruits and vegetables
every day? And are active every day?
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Why is choosing to be healthy important to you?
REINFORCING STANDARDS
Comprehensive Health
 GR.2-S.2-GLE.1 Identify eating and drinking behaviors that contribute to
maintaining good health.
Reading, Writing and Communicating
 GR.2-S.1-GLE.1 Discussions contribute and expand on the ideas of self and
others.
 GR.2-S.1-GLE.2 New information can be learned and better dialogue created by
listening actively.
 GR.2-S.2-GLE.2 Fluent reading depends on specific skills and approaches to
understanding strategies when reading informational text.
 GR.2-S.2-GLE.3 Decoding words with accuracy depends on knowledge of
complex spelling patterns and morphology.
 GR.2-S.3-GLE.2 Exploring the writing process helps to plan and draft a variety of
simple informational texts.
 GR.2- S.3-GLE.3 Appropriate spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation
are used and applied.
Science
 GR.2-S.2-GLE.1 Organisms depend on their habitat's nonliving parts to satisfy
their needs.
 GR.2-S.2-GLE.2 Each plant or animal has different structures or behaviors that
serve different functions.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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There are hundreds of varieties of vegetables and they offer us the key to a
healthy diet. Many vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Roots, tubers, and bulbs grow underground and store nutrients. They store
energy in the form of carbohydrate. Examples of root, tuber, and bulb vegetables
are: potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, turnips, rutabagas, beets, carrots,
radishes, and parsnips. Sweet potatoes and carrots provide an excellent source
of beta-carotene (precursor of vitamin A). Radishes, turnips, rutabagas, and
potatoes are high in vitamin C, and onion and garlic have cholesterol-lowering
properties.
Stems are identified as the stalk, such as celery, asparagus and rhubarb.
Asparagus is high in vitamins C and A and rhubarb contains some vitamin C and
calcium.
Leafy vegetables contain a lot of water and few calories. Nutritionally, however,
they are nutrient-rich; the darker the green color, the richer in nutritional value.
Most dark green leafy vegetables are excellent sources of beta-carotene and
vitamin C, and good sources of fiber and folacin, with a few rich in iron and
calcium. Leafy vegetables include: spinach, collards, kale, lettuces, cabbage,
Swiss chard, and the tops of root vegetables like turnip and beet greens.
Examples of flower vegetables are broccoli, cauliflower, and artichoke. These
vegetables are rich in vitamin C and folacin.
Fruit vegetables are technically fruits because they are the fleshy part of the plant
containing the seeds. But they are called vegetables because they do not taste
sweet like fruits. Examples of fruit vegetables are: tomatoes, peppers (sweet and
hot), cucumbers, eggplants, okra, and squash (summer and winter). Tomatoes,
okra, and peppers are high in vitamin C and winter squash is high in betacarotene.
Seeds (or pods) store energy and nutrients for new plant growth. They include:
green beans, peas, young soybeans, lima beans, and sweet corn. Seeds are
nutrient dense vegetables, providing a wide array of carbohydrates, protein, fiber,
vitamins, and minerals.
Although some vegetables provide more nutrients than others (such as Romaine
lettuce vs. iceberg lettuce), it is important to understand that all vegetables are
healthy and should be eaten in generous quantities.
Students will develop a greater acceptance of a variety of foods through repeated
exposure and familiarity. Preparing and eating food in the classroom is a valuable
experience for everyone.
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A creative and fun way for kids to learn about eating healthy.
www.TheNutritionProgram.org
Dear Family,
Today was our last nutrition class and we made a salad out of different parts of the plant
(stem, root, leaves, seeds and flowers). Did you know that broccoli is a flower? Let’s work
together this summer to make healthy choices as a family. We can start by putting
colorful fruits and vegetables on our shopping list and taking a family walk together.
Parent Tip: If you food shop with your child, ask him or her to pick out 2 different colored
fruits or vegetables to try at home.
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Parts of the Plant Salad
Makes: 6-8 servings
Total Cost: $4.15
Serving Cost: $0.59
Ingredients
2 carrots
2 celery stalks
1 head Romaine lettuce
1 broccoli crown
2 tomatoes
1 can corn, drained (15 oz.)
low-fat salad dressing
Directions
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Cut carrots, celery, broccoli, and tomatoes into bite-size pieces and put them into a bowl.
Tear lettuce into bite-size pieces. Then put them into the bowl.
Add corn and salad dressing then mix.
Serve. Eat and enjoy!
You have the power, choose to be healthy!
Eat colorful fruits and vegetables every day and all summer long!
This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP provides nutrition assistance to people with low
income. It can help you buy nutritious foods for a better diet. To find out more, contact your county social services office. This institution is an
equal opportunity provider and employer.
Una forma creativa y divertida para que los niños
aprendan a comer sano.
www.TheNutritionProgram.org
Querida Familia,
Hoy fue nuestra última clase de nutrición e hicimos una ensalada con las distintas partes de
la planta (tallo, raíz, hojas, semillas y flores). ¿Sabías que el brócoli es una flor?
Trabajemos juntos este verano para tomar decisiones saludables en familia. Podemos
comenzar poniendo frutas y verduras llenas de colores en la lista del mercado y yendo a
caminatas juntos en familia.
Consejo para los Padres: Si usted va con su hijo al mercado, pídale que escoja 2 frutas o
verduras de diferentes colores para probar en la casa.
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Ensalada de las Partes de la Planta
Rinde: 6-8 porciones
Costo Total: $4.15
Costo por porción: $0.59
Ingredientes
2 zanahorias
2 tallos de apio
1 cabeza de lechuga Romana
1 corona de brócoli
2 tomates
1 lata de maíz, escurrida (15 oz)
aderezo para ensaladas bajo en grasas
Instrucciones
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Cortar las zanahorias, el apio, el brócoli y los tomates en pequeños trozos y colocar en un bol.
Cortar con las manos la lechuga en pequeños trozos y colocarlos en el bol.
Agregar el maíz y el aderezo, y mezclar
Servir. ¡A comer y disfrutar!
Tú tienes el poder, elige ser saludable!
¡Coma frutas y verduras coloridas todos los días y todo el verano!
Este material se desarrolló con fondos proporcionados por el Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP en inglés) del Depatamento
de Agricultura de los EE.UU. (USDA siglas en inglés). SNAP ofrece asistencia relacionada con la nutrición para gente con recursos limitados.
Estos beneficios le pueden ayudar a comprar comida nutritiva para una mejor dieta. Para obtener más información, comuníquese con la
oficina de servicios sociales de su condado. USDA es un proveedor y empleador que ofrece oportunidad igual para todos.
Parts of a Plant
Plants need sunlight, water, air, soil and food to live. A plant has four
main parts, which are the roots, stem, leaves and flowers. Seeds and fruit
are also parts of a plant. Each part helps the plant live. The roots take in
water from the ground. The stem holds the plant up and carries water to
the leaves. The leaves use sunlight to make food for the plant. The flowers
make seeds. The fruit of a plant holds the seeds. Seeds are baby plants.
Can you think of some ways that plants and people are the same?
Can you think of some ways they are different? Fill in the Venn diagram.
Plants Have:
People Have:
Both Need:
List some ways that plants help people:
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Partes de una Planta
Las plantas necesitan la luz solar, agua, aire, tierra y alimentos para
vivir. Una planta tiene cuatro partes principales que son las raíces, el tallo,
las hojas y las flores. Las semillas y los frutos también son partes de una
planta. Cada parte ayuda a la planta a vivir. Las raíces toman agua de la
tierra. El tallo sostiene la planta y lleva el agua a las hojas. Las hojas usan
la luz del sol para producir alimentos para la planta. Las flores producen
semillas. El fruto de una planta contiene las semillas. Las semillas son
plantas bebés.
¿Se te ocurre alguna manera en que las plantas y las personas son
iguales? ¿Se te ocurre alguna manera en que son diferentes? Completa el
diagrama de Venn.
Plantas Tienen
Personas Tienen
Ambos Necesitan
Haz una lista de las maneras en que las plantas ayudan a las personas:
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Parts of a Plant
(Teacher Answer Sheet)
Plants need sunlight, water, air, soil and food to live. A plant has four
main parts, which are the roots, stem, leaves and flowers. Seeds and fruit
are also parts of a plant. Each part helps the plant live. The roots take in
water from the ground. The stem holds the plant up and carries water to
the leaves. The leaves use sunlight make food for the plant. The flowers
make seeds. The fruit of a plant holds the seeds. Seeds are baby plants.
Can you think of some ways that plants and people are the same?
Can you think of some ways they are different? Fill in the Venn diagram.
Plants Have:
People Have:
Both Need
roots, stem, flowers,
leaves, seeds
fruit
mouths, nose, lungs,
Air
Water
Food
Sun
List some ways that plants help people:
1. They are food that help us grow and
live.
2. They give us shade.
3. They are beautiful.
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skin, legs