Food Model Activities

Fishing for Foods Game

Level: Primary Elementary
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Activity Synopsis
Students 'go fishing' and practice identifying and categorizing foods into the Five Food Groups.

Materials and Advance Prep

• A variety of Five Food Group Food Models (omit Combination Foods or 'Others')
• Paper clips
• Ruler or dowel
• Magnet
• String
• Attach a paper clip to each food model
• Attach string to dowel or ruler and tie a magnet to the string
• Optional: Small plastic or inflatable wading pool

Activity Outcome
Participants will be able to:

• Identify a food and the food group to which it belongs

What You Do
1. Give each student a chance to fish until a Food Model is caught. If the student can correctly name the food and its food group, the Food Model can be kept.

2. The participant with the most Food Models wins.

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