A Safari of Health!

Food as Medicine helped Waverly Elementary/Middle School organize it’s first annual health fair! With a safari theme, students explored the transformed upstairs of the middle school and discovered what aspects lead to healthy living. The 6th grade class took charge as they helped educate their peers on health needs from hand-washing to brushing teeth to stress relief. Special thanks to Hopkins Association for Stroke Awareness, Real Food Farm, Chef Ty from Bon Appetit, Johns Hopkins Outdoor Club, and Dana Cala with Zumba Fitness.

Students learn about stress management.

Students learn about proper dental hygiene.

Hopkins Association for Stroke Awareness measure students’ blood pressure and have make your own trail mix as a healthy snack option.

Students learn about proper hand washing.

Students doing Zumba!

Students learning how to build H20 molecules.

More Zumba!

JHU Outdoor Club teaching how to properly wear a helmet.

Giant Field Trip

Having a super market walking distance to the school is a great resource so we decided to put all the students’ nutrition knowledge to good use. In small groups we compared products by using Nutrition Facts Labels. Many students were surprised at the hidden nutritional info that was revealed! 

Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Veggies

In adherence to USDA’s My Plate and Maryland’s Core Curriculum, students should be able to learn how to use My Plate for a healthy diet.

We tell students that not every meal is going to look like My Plate. So if you eat less vegetables at one meal, try to eat more in another, or have some veggies as a snack. Overall, you want to make sure half of what you eat is fruits and vegetables.

 

To see why vegetables are so important, we had students act out veggie commercials. Congratulations to the carrot group, who was voted best in show by Mr. Egee!

Carbohydrates

For our workshop on carbohydrates, we discussed types, sources, fiber and even the digestive system. We then played an exciting and close game of Jeopardy. Congratulations to the two teams that tied for first!

Show Me Your Muscles!

For our protein workshop, we included a discussion on the muscular system. We then played a relay race where students had to complete an exercise found in a plastic egg before returning to their team. The team that collected the most plastic eggs won. It was a great time!