# Slides 1.9: The Six Nutrients

Lesson 1.9, one day. Thirteen slides. Build the deck from this outline; keep each slide to the lines shown. Student-facing text reads at grade 6 to 7.

## Slide 1: Do now

- Write what you ate for breakfast today, or the last thing you ate.
- Next to each food, write what you think it did for your body.
- One word is fine: energy, muscle, bones, nothing.
- Two minutes. Pencils down when the timer sounds.
Notes: Cold call three students, write their foods in a column on the board. Do not correct anything yet.

## Slide 2: You already know some of this

- On the pre-assessment, [Sal: number] of [Sal: number] of you named at least five nutrients.
- So today we skip what you know.
- We get to what your body DOES with each one.
- And why your little cousin and your grandmother do not eat like you.
Notes: Fill the numbers from the Lesson 0.5 tally. If two thirds or more named five nutrients, jump from this slide to Slide 9 (the chart) and go straight to the sort.

## Slide 3: Every food is a delivery truck

- The truck is the food. The delivery is the nutrient.
- Six kinds of delivery. Six nutrients.
- Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, water.
- Memory line: carbs for go, protein for grow, fat for stored go and brain, vitamins and minerals run the show, water carries it all.
Image: six small delivery trucks in a row, each with one nutrient name on the side.

## Slide 4: Carbohydrates

- Job: your main quick energy. Your brain runs on it.
- Foods: bread, rice, pasta, oatmeal, potatoes, fruit, beans.
- Better versions: whole grains and fruit. They bring fiber along.
- Not enough: tired, foggy, cranky.
Image: a bowl of rice, a slice of whole wheat bread, a banana.

## Slide 5: Proteins

- Job: build and repair. Muscle, skin, hair, blood.
- Foods: chicken, fish, eggs, beans, milk, cheese, yogurt, tofu, nuts.
- You are growing right now. This is the nutrient that does it.
- Not enough: slow healing, weak muscles.
Image: eggs, a piece of grilled chicken, a bowl of black beans.

## Slide 6: Fats

- Job: stored energy, protects your organs, keeps you warm, carries vitamins A, D, E, and K.
- Foods: oils, butter, avocado, nuts, peanut butter, salmon, cheese.
- A toddler's brain is mostly built from fat. Little kids need more of it than you do.
- Too much of the wrong kind: heart trouble later. Saturated fat is the "get less" one on a label.
Image: an avocado cut in half, a bottle of olive oil, a handful of almonds.

## Slide 7: Vitamins

- Job: run the body's processes. Seeing in the dark (A), healing cuts (C), strong bones (D), using energy (B).
- Foods: fruits and vegetables most of all; milk for D; eggs; whole grains for B.
- You need tiny amounts. Missing one for a long time causes real problems.
- Sailors with no vitamin C got scurvy. Limes fixed it.
Image: a plate of broccoli, carrots, and strawberries.

## Slide 8: Minerals and water

- Minerals: build bones and teeth (calcium), carry oxygen in the blood (iron), balance fluids (potassium, sodium).
- Mineral foods: milk, cheese, yogurt, spinach, beans, meat, bananas.
- Water: carries nutrients in and waste out; controls your temperature; more than half of you is water.
- Water foods: water, milk, soup, watermelon, cucumber. Thirst means you are already behind.
Image: a glass of milk next to a glass of water, a wedge of watermelon.

## Slide 9: The chart

| Nutrient | Job | Two foods |
|---|---|---|
| Carbohydrates | quick energy | |
| Proteins | build and repair | |
| Fats | stored energy, brain, carries vitamins | |
| Vitamins | run the processes | |
| Minerals | bones, blood, fluids | |
| Water | carries everything | |

Notes: Leave this on the screen during the sort. Students fill the foods column on the handout.

## Slide 10: The Nutrient Sort

- 30 food cards. Six piles.
- Every card goes in a pile.
- If a card fits two piles, put it between them and write why.
- Nine minutes. I am not telling you if you are right. Ask "what does that food do for me?"
Image: six pile cards fanned out with a food card between two of them.
Notes: Circulate with the clipboard checklist: water and vitamins piles have three or more cards; team can explain a card without reading it; team found a two-pile card.

## Slide 11: Three people, three bodies

- A two year old learning to walk and talk.
- A 14 year old on a travel soccer team, five practices a week.
- A 78 year old who walks a mile most days and eats less than they used to.
- For each: the TWO nutrients they need most and one sentence why, using a job from the chart.
Image: three simple figures of different heights side by side, no faces needed.
Notes: After five minutes, show the answer on the next slide only after two teams have shared per person.

## Slide 12: What the science says

- Toddler: fats (brain), calcium and iron (bones and blood), protein. Small stomach, small meals often.
- Teen athlete: carbohydrates (energy), water (sweat), protein (muscle during a growth spurt), calcium and iron.
- Grandparent: protein (keeps muscle), calcium and vitamin D (slows bone loss), water (thirst signal weakens), fiber. Fewer calories, not fewer nutrients.
- Same six nutrients. Different amounts. That is the whole lesson.
Notes: Push back once: "The grandparent still needs protein. Why?" Source: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, life stage chapters. [Sal: check the edition.]

## Slide 13: Exit card

- 3 nutrients and one job each.
- 2 foods you ate this week and the nutrient each one mostly gave you.
- 1 question you still have about what your body needs.
- Three volunteers read one line.
Notes: Sort the cards into "got it" and "needs more." More than a third in "needs more" means a two-minute nutrient review opens Lesson 1.10.