The 6 Essential Nutrients
Nutrient Sources
Ice Cream Lab
True and False
100

This nutrient is the body’s main source of energy.

What are carbohydrates?

100

These are good sources of vitamins and minerals.

What are foods like leafy greens, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unprocessed meats, nuts and seeds…)?

100

This was a nutrient that was in everyone’s ice cream. 

What is fat?

100

My favorite ice cream was Banana Pudding.

True or false, depending on the person.

200

This nutrient helps build and repair muscles and other body tissues.

What is protein? 

200

This is a good source of water.

What is (drinking water or other liquids, watermelon, cucumber, oranges…)?

200

These two ingredients gave two varieties of ice cream some vitamins and mineral.

What were the bananas and strawberries? (Also the cream)

200

You could make your ice cream more nutritious by adding more fruit.

True.

300

This is Mrs. LaValley’s favorite nutrient.

What is FAT?

300

This is a good source of carbohydrates.

What is (bread, pasta, potatoes, fruit, rice…)?

300

This was an ingredient in everyone’s ice cream that supplied us with fat and protein.

What is heavy cream?

300

When we enter the room on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, we should put our belongings on the black table.

False. We put them in the Blue and Purple team station.

400

These are the two micronutrients.

What are vitamins and minerals?

400

This is a good source of fats.

What is (avocados, oils, nuts, seeds, butter, cheese…)?

400

This was the biggest source of carbohydrates in everyone’s ice cream.

What was the corn syrup or sugar in the sweetened condensed milk?

400

Ice cream has no nutritional value.

False. Ice cream has water, fats, vitamins and minerals, protein, and carbohydrates. 

500

Water is considered a macronutrient for this reason.

What is that the body needs a lot of it.

500

This is a good source of protein.

What is (meat, fish, eggs, beans, nuts, tofu, milk…)?

500

This is the first thing we do before preparing food.

What is wash our hands?

500

Everyone had water in their ice cream.

True