Nutrition - Food Pyramids

Hi we are the 6th grade afternoon class,

We made food pyramids out of basic shapes. Supplies that we used were: toothpicks, pipe cleaners, straws, paper, magazines. wooden sticks, and the bases where styrofoam balls, boxes that where round and square.
We had to put the food groups on them and the serving sizes and how many serving a day. We continued to add pictures and had a lot of fun. When we were done we had:

Carnival Pyramid                      The Food Squid
Bouquet of Food                       The Firecracker of Food
Saucer of Food                         The Food Globe
Baby T.O. Food                        Box in One
The Sixth Flags of Food            Bob the Health Inspector
Measuring Cup of Food             Billy the Food Pyramid
The Box Freak of Food

Health rocks and we had fun.

Instructions were:
Choose a base
Brainstorm ideas and name their food pyramid
Labeled with food group, how many servings, size of serving
Pictures

Need to talk about what they learned.

Things that students said they learned:
1. That if you eat the recommended serving and sizes, you can maintain your weight.
2. The serving sizes are different for raw and cook vegetables and fruits.
3. That they didn’t realize that oils, fats, and sweets where on the top of the food pyramid.
4. That the serving size of meat was so small.
5. That they are eating too much.
6. They thought 1 cup of milk was enough for a day, they said their eyes where opened when they realized they needed 2 more servings.
7. They thought they would starve if they ate this way.
8. That if they ate this way, they wouldn’t have to take vitamins.
9. That there was more to the food pyramid then they thought there would be.
10. They’re more servings of grain then vegetables.
11. Serving sizes where small----
12.