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Division of Nutrition AssistanceDiscover the Wonders of the Pyramid A large food guide pyramid is shown with an ancient Egyptian and a camel beside it. Suggested Materials
Learning Activities 1. Introduce the Food Guide Pyramid. Discuss the food groups and the number of servings needed, using the Food Guide Pyramid as the guide. A pyramid is used to show how we need to build our diets on grains, fruits, and vegetables. As we go up the Food Guide Pyramid, we see that we need fewer servings of meats and dairy products. At the top of the Pyramid, we see that we should eat sugary and fatty foods in small amounts and not very often. As a verb, the word "pyramid" means to build from a basic general idea. 2. What is a pyramid? Historians named one of the Egyptian pyramids as one of the "seven wonders of the ancient world." It is the only one of these seven wonders that remains. Each one of the pyramids in Egypt has a square base and four triangular faces meeting in a common vertex. The ancient Egyptian diet, as in the case of most other cultures, was based on foods from grains. In Egypt, bread symbolized prosperity and wealth. Ancient Egyptians ate a variety of fruits and vegetables such as peas, onions, cucumbers, and figs. Wealthy Egyptians regularly ate beef, antelope and gazelle meat, fancy cakes and other baked goods. Egyptians realized that good nutrition and food were important. Archeologists found pictures and hieroglyphics of people baking bread and transporting food and grain. Archeologists also found big clay pots and ovens that were used to bake bread to feed the many workers who helped to build the pyramids. The pyramids were used as tombs to bury kings. Food was buried with the bodies of the kings so that the deceased could eat during the afterlife. 3. Make pyramid table tents for the cafeteria. A pyramid is a geometric shape called a polyhedron. Ask a mathematics teacher to provide a template to for students to create a pyramid or find a template on the Internet. Teachervision.com has a good pattern. Ask the students to decorate the pyramids in either a food or an Egyptian motif. Instruct them to cut out, fold, and either paste or tape each pyramid together. Display the table tents in the cafeteria. |
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