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1 A Cafeteria to Classroom Challenge The Fruit and Vegetable Marathon Challenge The Challenge Do you have the superpower in you? Make it a schoolwide classwide or individual challenge to see who can eat the MOST fruits and vegetables in a given week month or year! How it Works There are four different Power Food Kid superheroes System Supercharger Power Heart Mighty Memory and Brave Bones. Each superhero represents a different color (red blue green and yellow) with corresponding fruits and vegetables that have unique health benefits. Look at a different superhero each week and try to eat their fruits and vegetables as a healthy snack. Track your progress using the bar graphs provided. Orange/Yellow Red Blue/Purple Green Find new challenges at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam H. Putnam Commissioner

2 A Cafeteria to Classroom Challenge: Teacher s Guide TEACHER S GUIDE The Fruit and Vegetable Marathon Challenge This challenge is designed for students in grades -. Also consider making it a schoolwide challenge to reach all grade levels. Use the Nutrislice app to help students review what is served in the lunchroom and to select meals with the necessary fruits and vegetables to assist with each challenge. The activities in this challenge align to the following Florida Standards: MAFS...0 MAFS... SC..N..SC.N.. SC.N.. SC.N.. Challenge Components: Use the About page to learn more about the nature of the challenge. (page ) Use the Power Food Kids posters to learn about common fruits and vegetables and their health benefits. Track how many of each (red green blue/purple and orange/yellow) fruits and vegetables you eat using the dynamic bar graph trackers. (Pages -) Challenge Objectives: Promote and foster healthy eating habits. Diversify students fruit and vegetable choices. Help students create a visual representation of data. Utilize what students see in the lunchroom for educational purposes. Bring it to the Classroom! Lesson Plan (Grades -) Standard: MAFS..MD..0 - Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together take-apart and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph. Materials: Chart paper Power Food Kids bar graph sheets and posters T-chart and graph paper. Objective: Students will differentiate between bar graphs and pictographs acknowledging the benefits and limitations of each. Students will transfer data from a bar graph to a pictograph and vice versa. Vocabulary: bar graph pictograph compare contrast benefits limitations. Teacher Will: Display examples of a pictograph and a bar graph on the front board. Using a T-chart students will make observations about each graph. As a class discuss the characteristics pros (benefits) and cons (limitations) of each graph. Students Will: Use data from their fruit and vegetable marathon bar graphs to make a pictograph. The teacher should create a sample bar graph in case a student does not have their data sheet. When finished students peer-edit each other s work. Closing: As a class each student takes a turn adding their data to a classwide bar graph representing holistically how many fruits and vegetables the class consumed that week. Answer for on Page : Planting Growing Harvesting Processing/Washing Packaging Transporting Purchasing Consuming Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam H. Putnam Commissioner

3 System Supercharger Fueling up on Orange and Yellow Fruits and Veggies! Directions: Track how many orange and yellow fruits and vegetables you eat this week. Use the bar graph below to track your data. Be sure to add any other orange and yellow fruits and veggies you tried! Did you know that there are over 00 different types of bananas? That means if you ate a different kind of banana every day it would take almost a year and a half to eat every one! The type we eat most often are called Cavendish bananas. Banana Orange Pineapple Carrot Yellow Bell Pepper Corn Use the System Supercharger poster to answer the question below. Orange and yellow fruits and veggies keep these body parts healthy: SCIENCE EXPERIMENT: Does light affect how fast a banana ripens? How about temperature? First wrap one banana in a black plastic bag and place it in a dark space. Next place a second banana directly under a lamp. Observe after days days and week. What do you notice? Part : Place fresh banana in the refrigerator and a second on the kitchen counter. Observe after and days. Does temperature have an effect on how fast a banana ripens? Be sure to peel the bananas during your observation and EAT afterwards.

4 Power Heart Fueling up on Red Fruits and Veggies! Directions: Track how many red fruits and vegetables you eat this week. Use the bar graph provided to track your data. Be sure to add any other red fruits and veggies you tried! Did Did you know that strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside? The average strawberry has 00 seeds! Use the Power Heart poster to answer the question below. Red fruits and veggies keep these body parts healthy: Strawberry Cherry Apple Raspberry Red Bell Pepper Tomato MATH: Use the information from your bar graph to create two new graphs a line graph and a pictograph.

5 Mighty Memory Fueling up on Blue and Purple Fruits and Veggies! Directions: Track how many blue and purple fruits and vegetables you eat this week. Use the bar graph below to track your data. Be sure to add any other blue and purple fruits and veggies you tried! Did you know that it might only take you a few minutes to finish a meal but it takes your body around hours before it has completely digested the food? Use the Mighty Memory poster to answer the question below. Blue and purple fruits and veggies keep these body parts healthy: ENGLISH: Read the book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey. What is the setting of the story? Create a story map retelling what happens at the beginning middle and end of the book. Using your map retell the story to a younger brother sister or friend. Word Search Grapes Blueberries Eggplant Cabbage Blackberries Plum

6 Brave Bones Fueling up on Green Fruits and Veggies! Directions: Track how many green fruits and vegetables you eat this week. Use the bar graph below to track your data. Be sure to add any other green fruits and veggies you tried! Did you know that avocados have the highest protein content of any fruit? Use the Brave Bones poster to answer the question below. Green fruits and veggies keep these body parts healthy: SOCIAL STUDIES: It takes time and energy to get the fruits and vegetables from the farm to our plates. There are many steps involved in this process. Can you put the steps in order? Lettuce Broccoli Green Beans Asparagus Apple Pear Avocado Packaging Consuming Planting Processing/ Washing Growing Transporting Harvesting Purchasing

7 A Cafeteria to Classroom Challenge: Marathon Challenge Monthly Tracker MARATHON CHALLENGE MONTHLY TRACKER IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU EAT AT LEAST FIVE SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A DAY! Date: Directions: Create your own scale to track the number of fruits and vegetables you eat each month. How many can you eat in a school year? Number of Fruits and Vegetables Per Month September October November December January February March April This year I ate fruits and vegetables!

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