This lesson plan aims to teach students to recognize foods that improve well-being, identify foods to eat less often, and understand that healthy foods provide needed nutrition. Students will make sandwiches and discuss food choices to learn about protein, calcium, and vitamins from foods and how these nutrients support growth, strength, and healthy body functions. Background information notes that the 24 students have little prior learning about nutrition and wellness.
This lesson plan aims to teach students to recognize foods that improve well-being, identify foods to eat less often, and understand that healthy foods provide needed nutrition. Students will make sandwiches and discuss food choices to learn about protein, calcium, and vitamins from foods and how these nutrients support growth, strength, and healthy body functions. Background information notes that the 24 students have little prior learning about nutrition and wellness.
This lesson plan aims to teach students to recognize foods that improve well-being, identify foods to eat less often, and understand that healthy foods provide needed nutrition. Students will make sandwiches and discuss food choices to learn about protein, calcium, and vitamins from foods and how these nutrients support growth, strength, and healthy body functions. Background information notes that the 24 students have little prior learning about nutrition and wellness.
This lesson plan aims to teach students to recognize foods that improve well-being, identify foods to eat less often, and understand that healthy foods provide needed nutrition. Students will make sandwiches and discuss food choices to learn about protein, calcium, and vitamins from foods and how these nutrients support growth, strength, and healthy body functions. Background information notes that the 24 students have little prior learning about nutrition and wellness.
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recognize which food improve our sense of well-being Identify foods that would be eaten little & less often . understand healthy foods provide nutrition our bodies needs Success Criteria They will know they can do this when they can: identify healthy options they can add to their sandwich & lunch box to make lunch better for our health: We know meat, fsh & cheese give us protein for growth & strength We know vegetables & fruit give us vitamins for health body & cell function Useful background information We have 25 year 4 students who have little or no learning around nutrition for wellbeing. . Year: 4 Level: 2 No. of students: 24 Room: 6 Date: 16/09/14 Duration: 30 mins Lesson 2: Making a HEALTHY lunch (safely). By: John Mitchell Achievement Objectives: 2A1 Personal growth and development identify how their growth and development needs are linked to Nutrition & demonstrate increasing responsibility for self-care. 2C3 Interpersonal skills Demonstrate a range of interpersonal skills and processes that help them to make safe choices for themselves and other people in a variety of settings. . HEALTH AND P.E. Time Lesson Sequence Segment name and description Teaching Points Skills, key concepts, safety points, questioning sequence Organisation Resources Amount, size, type 3 min 3 min 15min Warm-up & reflecting back Introduction Activity 1 Last week we learned how to make a sandwich that was safe to eat because it was free of germs & bugs that could make us sick: Refect back on what we learned using some key questions from lessons 1-2 ---------------------------------------------------- So we now know how to make food safe; but what do we know about making food good for us so that our bodies will grow strong, be able to fght of disease; and our brains & bodies will have lots of energy? What do you know about foods to 1.build strong bones & grow? Minerals (Calcium) from Dairy products. 2.build strong muscles & organs (heart & lungs) grow. (Protein from meats ) 3.make our skin, organs (heart & lungs) & brain vibrant & healthy? (Vitamins) from fruit & vegetables. --------------------------------------------------------- Making a healthy lunch safely making a sandwich using safe food handling practices children As warm-up begins students will be sitting on the mat in their classroom. As a group we will move furniture to Group Worksheets to fll in. Introduce the food pyramid here to illustrate these foods. 5-6 sets of cutting boards, 9mins Refection & Key Questions: choose white or whole meal bread to which they can add in meat or cheese and lettuce or tomato. Children write on worksheet why they added what they did. ie for taste; for nutrition; for both In groups refect upon their choices: If they were good for their health or based upon favor & what you like; or both? make a table on whiteboard showing how many of us chose which foods to put on our sandwich Discuss among your group the food choices you made & list what you know about the nutritional content of the sandwiches you have made & refect on how this will infuence our well-being & growth. brainstorm linking food choices to concepts like Protein for tissue growth, calcium for bones, vitamins for brain, cell & organ function & link back to sandwich choices. -------------------------------------------------- Did you remember to use safe food handling practices? what is more important; nutrition or favour? so we can form groups of 4-5 knives, bread, marg, cheese etc.( i.e. 1 set per group) Do we make good choices who would/wouldnt like to change how you select food based on what you now know? why what would you like to learn more about? what was the most impt thing you learned? today ? from last 2-3 lessons ?