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Micronutrients: Vitamins & Minerals

Ninth graders learn that beyond the big nutrients, the body needs micronutrients — vitamins and minerals — in small amounts to stay healthy. Vitamin C supports immunity, calcium builds bones, iron helps blood carry oxygen. They match micronutrients to their roles, then find them in foods.

Grade 9Micronutrients45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Explain micronutrients.
  • ✓Match one to its role.
  • ✓Find them in foods.
  • ✓Eat a variety.
Essential Question

Why does your body need vitamins and minerals in small amounts?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Micronutrient to Its Role

Project this and match each vitamin or mineral to what it does — tap it, then tap its role.

🍊 Match each micronutrient to what it doesTry it
Micronutrient
What it does
Now tap its role!
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Small but Mighty

5 min

Why is an orange good for you when you are sick?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Share a guess.
  • Invite a few.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Micronutrients

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Micronutrient to Its Role.
  • Match each one.
  • Note small amounts, big jobs.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a food with Vitamin C.
  • Name a calcium food.
  • Name an iron food.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Name.
  • Name.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Plan a meal rich in micronutrients.
  • Include a fruit and a veggie.
  • Add a dairy or alternative.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan.
  • Include.
  • Add.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say what micronutrients are.
  • Give one role.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Give one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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HE.1

Explain the roles of vitamins and minerals.

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HE.5

Choose foods rich in micronutrients.

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HE.7

Practice eating a variety of foods.

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PE.3

Connect nutrition to health and performance.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Nutrient/role cards.
  • Frame: “___ helps my ___.”
  • Sort food pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Use 3 nutrients.
  • Match one at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Map nutrients to foods.
  • Read a label for micronutrients.
  • Plan a day of variety.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🍊Nutrient cards
  • 💻Match the Micronutrient to Its Role
  • 🥗Food examples
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

micronutrienta vitamin or mineral needed in small amountsvitamina nutrient that helps the body functionminerala nutrient like calcium or ironVitamin Csupports the immune systemcalciumbuilds bones and teethironhelps blood carry oxygenvarietyeating many different foodsdeficiencynot getting enough of a nutrient
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does Vitamin C support?
Your immune system.
QUESTION 2
What does calcium build?
Strong bones and teeth.
QUESTION 3
What does iron help with?
Helping blood carry oxygen.

Cool-down: micronutrients.

Have students plan a meal rich in vitamins and minerals. A printable micronutrient-foods sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Micronutrients: Vitamins & MineralsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: calcium, deficiency, iron, micronutrient, mineral, variety, vitamin, Vitamin C
  1. not getting enough of a nutrient
  2. a vitamin or mineral needed in small amounts
  3. helps blood carry oxygen
  4. builds bones and teeth
  5. a nutrient that helps the body function
  6. supports the immune system
  7. a nutrient like calcium or iron
  8. eating many different foods

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does Vitamin C support?
  2. What does calcium build?
  3. What does iron help with?
Answer key — Part A: 1) deficiency · 2) micronutrient · 3) iron · 4) calcium · 5) vitamin · 6) Vitamin C · 7) mineral · 8) variety
Part B: 1) Your immune system. 2) Strong bones and teeth. 3) Helping blood carry oxygen.