Pick your Plate! A Guide to Global Nutrition
Travel around the world with Plato to learn about building healthy meals. Eat avocado toast in Australia, baobab fruit in Benin, and sautéed reindeer in Finland! Yum! Be sure to meet your daily nutritional needs while not going over your budget!
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In Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition, players explore how to build healthy, balanced meals using nutritional guidelines from countries around the world. Set on a global adventure across diverse locations, players will plan morning, midday, and evening meals while staying within a daily budget and meeting their nutritional needs.
Players will:
Learn and apply global nutritional guidelines by exploring food guides from 8 countries around the world
Develop cultural awareness and decision-making skills while selecting meals that balance health, tradition, and budget
Practice budgeting, portion evaluation, and nutritional analysis in a game-based context
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Watch the trailer here
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We do not currently have a curriculum for this game - if you’ve developed one for your classroom that you would like to share, please email us!
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Smithsonian Science Education Center