Vitamins and Minerals Hunt

• Framework: IPC
• Unit: Healthy Eating
• Learning area: Science

Objectives

• Learn that foods contain vitamins and minerals
• Associate colorful foods with different nutrients
• Understand the importance of eating a variety of colors

Materials

• Rainbow chart
• Colored food pictures
• Vitamin/mineral fact cards
• Color sorting bins

Assessment

Teacher observation of student's ability to associate food colors with nutritional variety.

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