Lesson · Grade 4 · Physical and Health Education
A Balanced Plate: Half, a Quarter and a Quarter
- Grade 4
- Physical and Health Education
- 59 s
- British Columbia
- BC4-PH-07
Instead of counting servings, two lines split a plate into three parts. Each part lights up in its own colour with foods drawn on it: half vegetables and fruit (broccoli, carrots, an apple, berries), a quarter protein foods (beans, an egg, a fish) and a quarter whole grains (whole grain bread, brown rice). A key on the right adds ½ + ¼ + ¼ to make one whole plate, and the video ends by saying no food is good or bad and that not every meal has to look exactly like the plate.
Concept: A balanced plate: vegetables and fruit, protein foods and whole grains
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
What does a balanced plate look like?
Instead of counting servings, picture your plate in three parts.
Transcript
What the lesson says
What does a balanced plate look like?
Instead of counting servings, picture your plate in three parts.
Half of the plate is vegetables and fruit.
Pick many colours, like broccoli, carrots, apples and berries.
A quarter of the plate is protein foods.
Beans, eggs and fish are some protein foods.
The last quarter is whole grain foods.
Whole grain bread and brown rice are two examples.
A half and two quarters make one whole plate.
No food is good or bad.
The plate shows how much of each kind of food to aim for.
Not every meal will look like this, and that is okay.
A balanced plate is half vegetables and fruit, a quarter protein foods and a quarter whole grains.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 4
Physical and Health Education, Healthy and active living: food portion sizes and number of servingsBC4-PH-07
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