TEACHER'SNOTES Subject: S¿iehce Foodgroups
Introduction It is important that the pupils unclerstandthat a healthy diet ccnsistsof eating the right kinds of food and in the right amounts. The food pyramid is a tool used in health educationto illustrate this. Generally speakinga serving refersto a normal amount of each type of food. For example: L seraingoffruit = 1 apple or L servingof milk = 1 glnssof núlk. Warm up . Tell the pupils to look carefully at the food pyramid. Explain that this pyramid showsus not just the different food ty'pesbut also the correct daily amounts for each type. . Ask questionsabout the food pyramid, for example:How manyseraingsof aegetables d.oeaeneed everyday?
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Activity 2 . Pupils classifythe words by underli,ningthem accordingto the key. Answer key red-cake,butter; yellow-yclghurt, cheese; orange-fish,chicken; ftreen-oranges,pineapple, broccoli,onion; blue-m.acaroni, cereals Activity 3 r Ptrpilsread the sentencesand circle kue or False. . Check the activity by readin¡; a sentenceout lc.rud and asking the classto call out true or false. Answer key 1"-F;2-F;3:l;4-F; 5-T Projectideas r Make a largefood pyramid for a wall cl'rart.Pupils glue picturesof food in the correctsegmentsof the pyramicl. . Tbll tl"repupils to keep a food diary where they write down everything they eat and drink for 1. week.They can then work out if they have had the daily recommendedamounts for eachfood type.
Activity 1 . Pupils use the key to colour the segmentsc¡fthe pyramid. r Correctthe activity by asking the pupils to reproducetire pyramid on the board using colouredchalk.
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2 Look at the list of words. Underline the words using the coffect colours for the food groups. mocoroni oronges yoghurt fish pineoppf e
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