Grade 6-Intermediate Phase Nutrition-Lesson Plan - Danone

1 Section B lesson plan Grade 6 intermediate Phase Grade 6-Intermediate Phase Nutrition-Lesson plan lesson plan Name of lesson : nutrition and Life Skills Time: 1 week Grade 6 Subject: Life Skills Curriculum Standards (CAPS) Life Skills Grade 6. Health and environmental responsibility Food hygiene: Safe and harmful ingredients Food preparation Food storage Curriculum Standards (CAPS) Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6. Food groups: Classification of food types: Food for growth Wetlands: Groundwater and wetlands act as resources for humans. Water needed to support all life Curriculum Standards (CAPS) English Home Language Grade 6.

2 Listening and speaking Listens and discusses information text, discusses specific details, asks questions to obtains information, relates own experiences Reading Reads short printed resources, selects the relevant ideas, identifies different purposes of texts, identifies and discusses values in the text Writing Selects appropriate content for the topic, uses the appropriate structure as a frame, uses the dictionary to check spelling and meanings of words Objectives The learners understand the importance of preparing and storing food The learners discover how food choices lead to well-being The learners note that man must take responsibility for a healthy environment Prior Knowledge Healthy eating for children: South African food-based dietary guidelines, the dietary needs of children and factors influencing the food intake of children ( Grade 5).

3 1. Nutriday Grade 1 2013/01/14 9:58 AM. Section B lesson plan Grade 6 intermediate Phase Leads on to . Food groups: Oils and fats: food for energy and protection of organs Vitamins and minerals: foods for protecting bones, teeth and the immune system Food-bornediseases ( Grade 6). Content Skills Values lesson plan nutrition facts nutrition facts We are responsible nutrition facts, food Examine and discuss the composition of food for maintaining a labels, calories, labels, examine empty 170ml yoghurt healthy body and a saturated fat, grams, containers and compare these to the food healthy vitamins, yoghurt, food label found on the worksheet, complete the environment guide.

4 Good snack worksheet questions on the yoghurt food label teacher preparation before starting *Read through the worksheets and familiarise yourself with them and what resources they require. Information on the dietary guidelines can be found at *Identify some of the necessary vocabulary for this nutrition theme and write the words on word lists * nutrition facts: nutrition , food labels, calories, saturated fat, grams, vitamins, yoghurt, food guide, snack Learning Activities and how to teach them Work through the worksheet as follows: Worksheet: nutrition facts *Prepare yourself for this lesson by reading information about how food labels are created.

5 You can find information at the following URLs: 1) Food labels: 2) Figuring out food labels: 3) What's in a food label: *Create a large food label poster to refer to *Discuss the composition of food labels with the learners. Have a selection of different food labels to hand out to the learners to examine. These can be found at Discuss the various headings and the elements *Take empty 170ml yoghurt containers to the lesson and distribute them to the groups. Let the learners compare these to the food label found on the worksheet *Place the learners in pairs to complete the worksheet questions on the yoghurt food label 2.

6 Nutriday Grade 2 2013/01/14 9:58 AM. Section B lesson plan Grade 6 intermediate Phase nutrition facts Name: Date: Learner Activity Study the nutrition facts contained in100(g) yoghurt: 1. How many total grams of fat are there in a 100g serving? .. 2. What is the meaning of NRV's? .. 3. What is the total percentage of saturated fat? .. 4. How many grams of protein are recorded? .. 5. Danone NutriDay yoghurt is the perfect snack because .. 3. Nutriday Grade 3 2013/01/14 9:58 AM.