Food Group Concentration

Grade Level: Primary Elementary
Rating:

Activity Synopsis
Students try to get Food Models for their team by matching food group pairs.

Activity Outcome
Students will be able to:

Materials and Advance Prep

Large bulletin board
Push pins
42 5-inch squares of paper numbered 1 through 42
Select 42 food models - 6 from each of the Five Food Groups, Combination Foods and 'Others'
Randomly mount the Food Models on a bulletin board.
Cover each Food Model with a square of paper
Note: Instead of Food Models, you can use food label pictures or Dairy Council's downloadable Food Picture Cards.

What You Do

1. Divide participants into two teams, Team A and Team B.

2. Have the first player from Team A call out two numbers. Uncover the foods with those numbers.

If the foods are from the same good group, for example cheese and yogurt, the team receives the two Food Models.
If the foods are from different food groups, the foods are covered again.

3. Switch teams and have the first player from Team B call out two numbers.

4. Continue play until all the foods are matched.

5. The team with the most Food Models wins.