Healthy Lunch Poster



RC Palmer Foods Level 1

Healthy Lunch Box Poster

Assignment Guidelines

Create a poster to advertise a healthy lunch and snack. Your poster should be creative enough to grab peoples’ attention while demonstrating knowledge of healthy eating.

Requirements:

1. Include at least one illustration / photo / representation of your healthy lunch and snack.

2. Include a written description on your poster (food groups, serving size, etc.).

3. Include your day’s plan of servings of each food group.

4. Include and cite at least 4 nutritional facts about why your lunch box is healthy. Resources:

Health Canada -

Teens Health -

5. Give your lunch box menu a creative / fun name and slogan.

How to Build a Healthy Lunch Box:

Step 1: Review the different food groups and healthy eating tips from Canada’s Food Guide. Go to

Step 2: Make a note of how many servings of each group you need in a day. How many servings of each do you usually eat at breakfast? At dinner? How many servings of each do you need to account for in your lunch and snack? Plan out a day in which you get all the required servings of each group.

|Every day I need: |_ Servings of grain |_ Servings of meat and alt.|_ Servings of fruit and |_ Servings of dairy and alt|

| | | |veggies | |

|Breakfast | | | | |

|Lunch | | | | |

|Snack | | | | |

|Dinner | | | | |

Step 3: Think outside the sandwich. Get creative when building your healthy lunch box!

Choose healthy foods you like. Here are some suggestions:

|Main |Protein |Fruit & Veggie |Thirst Quenchers |Yummy Additions |

|Grain |Power |Crunch! | | |

|Bagel |Cheese (shredded, cubed, |Carrots |Milk (white or chocolate milk)|Yogurt – for eating or dipping|

|Pita bread |sliced) |Celery |100% fruit juice |fruit or vegetables |

|Bread (whole wheat) |Cream cheese |Lettuce |Vegetable juice |Cereal bar |

|Flatbread/ tortilla |Cottage cheese |Peppers |Yogurt and fruit |Pudding |

|Pasta/ noodles |Hardboiled egg |Cucumber |Shakes |Canned fruit |

|Rice |Chicken or turkey |Apple |Water |Squares (date, rice cereal…) |

|English muffin |Canned fish (tuna, salmon) |Pear | |Raisins |

|Muffins |Tofu |Strawberries | |Healthier Cookies |

|Crackers |Hummus |Orange | | |

|Breadsticks |Canned beans |Banana | | |

| | |Broccoli | | |

| | |Cauliflower | | |

| | |Seeds | | |

RC Palmer Foods Level 1

Healthy Lunch Box Poster

Assignment Rubric

NAME: _______________________ BLOCK: ________ OVERALL MARK: ________

|CATEGORY |Wow! |Good! |Getting there! |Not Yet! |

|Graphics / Images |All graphics used reflect a high |Most graphics used reflect a high |Some graphics used reflect a high |Few graphics used reflect a high |

| |degree of creativity / thought. |degree of creativity / thought. |degree of creativity / thought. |degree of creativity / thought. |

|/10 | |7-8 | |0-4 |

| |9-10 | |5-6 | |

|Title / |Title and slogan are exceptionally|Title and slogan are adequately |Title or slogan is somewhat |Title or slogan is minimally |

|Slogan |engaging, relevant, and visible on|engaging, relevant, and visible on|engaging, relevant, and visible on|engaging, relevant, and visible on|

| |the poster. |the poster. |the poster. |the poster. One or the other is |

|/10 |9-10 |7-8 |5-6 |missing. |

| | | | |0-4 |

|Facts |At least 4 accurate facts are |Three accurate facts are displayed|Two accurate facts are displayed |Less than 2 accurate facts are |

| |displayed on the poster and have a|on the poster and have a source |on the poster and have a source |displayed on the poster and have a|

|/12 |source citation. |citation. |citation. . |source citation. |

| |11-12 |9-10 |6-8 |0-5 |

|Day Plan |Day plan adds up to the correct |Day plan adds up to the correct |Day plan is incorrectly done |Both day plan and lunch box |

| |amount of servings, and lunch box |amount of servings, and/or lunch |and/or lunch box includes an |includes an incorrect amount for |

|/8 |includes the correct amount for |box includes the correct amount |incorrect amount for these meals. |these meals or are missing |

| |these meals. |for these meals. | |completely. |

| |8 |6-7 |5-6 | |

| | | | |0-4 |

|Food Choices |Food choices are high in |Food choices are relatively |Food choices are not unhealthy |Food choices are unhealthy. |

| |nutrients, low in fat, sodium and |healthy and give a fair variety of|and there is some variety of food.| |

|/5 |added sugars and give a wide |food. | | |

| |variety of healthy food. | | |0-2 |

| |5 |4 |3 | |

|Design / |The poster is exceptionally |The poster is adequately |The poster is |The poster is |

|Layout |organized, colourful, and |organized, colourful, and |somewhat organized, colourful, and|minimally organized, colourful, |

| |appealing. |appealing. |appealing. |and appealing. |

|/5 |5 |4 |3 |0-2 |

|Grammar |There are no grammatical mistakes |There is 1 grammatical mistake on |There are 2 grammatical mistakes |There are more than 2 grammatical |

| |on the poster. |the poster. |on the poster. |mistakes on the poster. |

|/5 | | | | |

| |5 |4 |3 |0-2 |

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