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Section B Lesson Plan Grade 6 Intermediate Phase

Grade 6-Intermediate Phase

Nutrition-Lesson Plan

Name of lesson: Nutrition and Life Skills Time: 1 weekGrade 6 Subject: Life SkillsCurriculum Standards (CAPS) Life Skills Grade 6Health and environmental responsibilityFood hygiene: Safe and harmful ingredientsFood preparationFood storageCurriculum Standards (CAPS) Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6Food groups: Classi� cation of food types:Food for growthWetlands: Groundwater and wetlands act as resources for humans. Water needed to support all lifeCurriculum Standards (CAPS) English Home Language Grade 6Listening and speakingListens and discusses information text, discusses speci� c details, asks questions to obtains information, relates own experiencesReadingReads short printed resources, selects the relevant ideas, identi� es di� erent purposes of texts, identi� es and discusses values in the textWritingSelects appropriate content for the topic, uses the appropriate structure as a frame, uses the dictionary to check spelling and meanings of words

ObjectivesThe learners understand the importance of preparing and storing foodThe learners discover how food choices lead to well-beingThe learners note that man must take responsibility for a healthy environment

Prior KnowledgeHealthy eating for children: South African food-based dietary guidelines, the dietary needs of children and factors in� uencing the food intake of children (Grade 5)

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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 http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/fbdgs.pdf *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

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Leads on to…Food groups: Oils and fats: food for energy and protection of organsVitamins and minerals: foods for protecting bones, teeth and the immune system Food-bornediseases (Grade 6)

Content Skills ValuesNutrition factsNutrition facts, food labels, calories, saturated fat, grams, vitamins, yoghurt, food guide, good snack

Nutrition factsExamine and discuss the composition of food labels, examine empty 170ml yoghurt containers and compare these to the food label found on the worksheet, complete the worksheet questions on the yoghurt food label

We are responsible for maintaining a healthy body and a healthy environment

Learning Activities and how to teach themWork through the worksheet as follows:

Worksheet: Nutrition facts*Prepare yourself for this lesson by reading information about how food labels are created. You can � nd information at the following URLs: 1) Food labels: http://goo.gl/xmMzg 2) Figuring out food labels: http://goo.gl/reHsH 3) What’s in a food label: http://goo.gl/NFPHf *Create a large food label poster to refer to*Discuss the composition of food labels with the learners. Have a selection of di� erent food labels to hand out to the learners to examine. These can be found at http://goo.gl/GEHPf. 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

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Nutrition facts

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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

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Study the nutrition facts contained in100(g) yoghurt:

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