Materials Needed: |
Supplied by You
Fruits and vegetables
Paper plates, napkins, or
paper towels
From the Kit
"We Eat Different Parts
of a Plant" handout
Time Needed:
45 minutes
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| Home Link: Grow a minigarden. |
| School Link: Identify and investigate roots (or other fruits and vegetables from different parts of the plant) served on their school lunch menu. Make posters about these fruits and vegetables using the information learned during this lesson. |
| Community Link: Grow a Team Nutrition community or school garden. Or, if space is limited, grow a container garden. |
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| OBJECTIVES: |
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To expand the variety of fruits and vegetables eaten. |
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To taste fruits and vegetables and identify the different parts of a plant they come from. |
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To incorporate more fruits and vegetables into the diet. |
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| KEY CONCEPTS: |
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There are a wide variety of fruits and vegetables available to eat. |
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There are many delicious ways to add more fruits and vegetables to the foods we enjoy. |
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| PREPARATION NEEDED: |
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Buy at least one fruit or vegetable to represent the edible parts of plants. Use "We Eat Different Parts of the Plant" in this lesson to give you some ideas on foods to choose. Select both common and unusual fruits and vegetables. You may try canned, fresh, or frozen versions of the foods you select. |
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If you purchase fresh items, keep one whole so the youth can see what the food looks like. |
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Wash the remaining fruits and vegetables; cut into bite-sized pieces, place on plates and stick a toothpick in each piece. |
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Make photocopies of "We Eat Different..." handout to distribute to each youth. |
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| BACKGROUND: |
| Fruits and vegetables supply the body with water, vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin C, minerals such as potassium and calcium, and carbohydrates for energy. Fiber, which keeps the digestive systems healthy, is also found in fruits and vegetables.
The different parts of plants that can be edible are the seeds, roots, leaves, stems, flowers, and fruit. Read over the "We Eat Different Parts of a Plant" handout and become familiar with this list of fruits and vegetables before the lesson.
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