Lesson Plan 4: Open Up Your Own Healthy Restaurant

Eating with family and friends supports our health and well-being. In this lesson, students will be creating their own healthy restaurant that reflects their own personal tastes, preferences, goals, and culture. Students will also be encouraged to bring in real-life examples of food from their “restaurant” to share and enjoy with their classmates.

Grade level: 6  - 8 

Prep time: 10 min

Lesson Duration: 60 min + Optional Extension Activity (30 min)

Learning Outcomes:

It is expected that students will:

• Recognize what foods can be included in a healthy restaurant
• Identify what foods reflect their own personal tastes, preferences, goals, and culture
• Demonstrate the value of eating in a community with friends and family

Lesson includes:

• Activate, Acquire, and Apply Activities 

Materials required (not included)

• Inside One Of The World's Best Restaurants, Noma (YouTube)
• Le Louis XV Restaurant in Monaco, Monte Carlo (YouTube)
• A menu creating software, such as Canva (it’s free)

NB: Purchase includes access to downloadable resources for 6 months.