Cross-Curricular Healthy Eating & Patterns Lesson Plan | Math, Health & Art

Bring together Math, Health and Physical Education, and Visual Arts with this engaging, hands-on cross-curricular lesson focused on patterns, painting, and healthy eating!

Students explore the Canada Food Guide while creating their own colourful food-inspired artwork using repeating patterns. This ready-to-use lesson includes step-by-step instructions, photos of example student work, a complete materials list, learning goals, assessment ideas, and Ontario Curriculum expectations.

Designed for Primary grades and easily adaptable for Junior grades, this lesson provides meaningful connections between mathematical patterns, healthy eating and nutrition, and visual arts.

Includes:

Complete lesson plan and teacher instructions
Ontario Curriculum expectations for Math, Health & Physical Education, and Visual Arts
Learning goals and success criteria
Materials list
Step-by-step activity instructions
Photos/examples for teacher reference
Pattern and painting activities
Canada Food Guide connections
Cross-curricular learning opportunities
Assessment/observation suggestions
Extension and differentiation ideas
Primary-friendly instructions with suggestions for adapting the lesson for Junior grades

A fun and creative way to help students make connections between healthy choices, mathematical patterns, and artistic expression!