Health | 3rd Grade Unit 3: Nutrition and Physical Activity

This 3rd Grade Health Unit focuses on Nutrition and Physical Activity and is essential to help students with their health and wellness.

There are seven units in all taught in 3rd grade that focus on health.

These units include:

Unit 1 that focuses on Personal Health and Wellness

Unit 2 that focuses on Growth and Development

Unit 3 teaches students about Nutrition and Physical Activity and how to eat right and stay active

Unit 4 that helps students with Substance Use and Abuse and how to avoid bad substances

Unit 5 that will teach students about Injury/ Violence Prevention Control and Safety

Unit 6 that covers what happened during Covid and how to protect themselves while learning about Prevention/Control of Disease

Unit 7 discusses our environment and how to help save our planet with Environmental Consumer Health

• In this unit, students will learn about the six basic nutrients that the body needs to be healthy. These nutrients include: water, protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, and minerals. Students will learn the function of each of these nutrients and how they help our bodies as well. There is a matching activity to test their knowledge on each of these six basic nutrients.

• Students will also learn about how much of these nutrients we need to eat daily. Examples of what to eat and how much is provided in this unit that is similar to the food pyramid.

• Based on what they should eat, students will draw a healthy meal.

• There is also a lesson on physical activity and different physical activities they can do to stay healthy.

This unit meets Common Core Standards. It is 11 pages of fun engaging activities!

At the end of the unit, there is an assessment to check for understanding.

There are seven units that cover all the health requirements for 3rd grade. Go to K-5 Treasures to check out the other 3rd Grade Health Units to help students complete the entire Health Standards for the year!