Thursday, 5 December 2013

Lesson Plan


SUBJECT:                              Health and Family Life Education

TOPIC:                                   Effects of Poor Dieting

GRADE:                                 Three

AGE GROUP:                        8-9 years old

DURATION:                          1 hour

OBJECTIVES:                       Students should be able to:

1.)    Define the term “diet”.

2.)    View a video to identify four health conditions that are associated with poor dieting.

3.)    State ways of preventing the health conditions that result from poor dieting.

4.)    Differentiate between healthy foods and junk foods.

PREQUISITES:                      Knowledge of food groups, Balanced Diet

 

 

CONTENT:

Diet is the kinds of food and drink that people consume. There are many health conditions associated with poor dieting, for example diabetes, heart disease, haemorrhoids and obesity.

INTRODUCTION

Students will be given the opportunity to describe what they had for breakfast. Students will be engaged in discussion on the term “diet” and the traditional misconceptions associated with the term. Students will be informed of the objectives for the lesson.

DEVELOPMENT

STEP ONE:

Teacher presents students with an anticipation guide in the form of a K.W.L template which will be drawn on the board. Teacher records students’ ideas under the “What You Know” column. Students will be assisted by teacher in recording “What You Want to Learn”.


 STEP TWO:

Teacher informs students that a video will be viewed to identify:

·         health conditions associated with poor dieting

·          good eating habits including balanced diets

·          Tips on how to maintain good health

·         Key words associated with dieting e.g. diet, nutrition, diabetes, obesity, amputation

STEP THREE:

Students will be engaged in discussion based on the objectives for viewing the video and the contents of balanced diets for various meals.

After viewing the video, students will record the key words into their learning logs and use the internet (Web Quest) to find key word meanings and get pictures to create a balanced diet.

CONCLUSION

Students will share their oral views on the four types of health conditions, terms associated with diet, symptoms of poor dieting and preventative measures.  They will also state some ways of preventing the health conditions.

EVALUATION

Students will be placed in groups of four to create posters to showcase healthy eating.

12 comments:

  1. Our first drafts looks great so far but since our focus is to employ healthy eating, we should think of a topic which captures healthy eating. Please share your thoughts.

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  2. You're right, I think we should change the topic

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  3. Can we change it to Healthy Eating Habits?

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  4. I like the topic, but we are talking about health conditions associated with poor dieting as well. I think we can use "Effects of Dieting". If we remove the word poor, then effects will capture negatives and positives of the food choices.

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    1. What about "Effects of a poor diet and lack of exercise"?

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  5. Colleagues, we need to include the point at which the last column of the KWL chart will be completed.

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  6. Can we include it in the conclusion?

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    1. Yes Della,it will fit perfectly there since students will be recording what they have learnt.

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  7. I think we should add some pictures with children who eat unhealthy foods.For example, a child eating fries, fried chicken, chocolate candies, etc. I believe it will be more authentic to the students since they will be able to refer to it better.

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  8. First, the K.W.L. which will be used at the beginning of the lesson need to be indicated that it will be discussed, hence the topic of diets will come up and then it will be clarified by the teacher. Secondly, the lesson plan is missing the materials to be used to execute lesson. What will the students use to create the poster?

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    1. Thank you Usellta, the adjustments will be made.

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