FCS Exploration
Strand 7 Standard 2
1 class periods of 45 minutes each
Students design a comic strip with a purpose of explaining what a specific nutrient does and how it functions in our body.
Comic strip examples, construction paper, markers, colored pencils.
Understanding of nutrients and their main functions.
Basic understanding of nutrients and their function in the body.
Used as a review to check student comprehension of nutrients, where they come from, and their purpose in regards to nutrition.
1. After all nutrients have been introduced and explained, hand out attached instruction sheet and go over details for students.
Encourage gifted students to create more than the required number of frames and/or include more than one nutrient. Struggling students can create less frames.
Credit given to students that complete the assignment and have made a conscious effort to apply learned class knowledge into their work.
self, background info in state guidelines