THE FOOD PYRAMID

By Cristina Freixa

Lesson Plan

• Title of the Lesson: The Food Pyramid • Unit of Study: Science - nutrition

• Level and group: 3rd year Primary Education

• Number of children: 28 children

Learning Objectives

• To learn the six main food groups. • To identify the main food groups and the

different food in each group. • To classify the food into the correct food

groups. • To make a food pyramid.

Competences involved

• Linguistic and audiovisual communication

• Data processing and digital competence

• Learning to learn

• Competence in knowledge and interaction with the physical world

Lesson development

• Everyday routine.

• Food PyramidLearning about the different food groups…

http://sheppardsoftware.com/nutritionforkids/index.htm

http://www.google.es/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=food&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=z3vlh-p7CO7JaM&tbnid=boE6qRrwxTWK7M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifebridgeblogs.org%2F2012%2F11%2F22%2Fmyplate-the-new-usda-food-pyramid-guide%2F&ei=sbCTUcePKZLP0AWYv4D4Bg&bvm=bv.46471029,d.ZG4&psig=AFQjCNEwWs3E-4aj33G7ylmEkk5lRvKUJg&ust=1368719914039299

• On-line game

Playing…

• Designing a food pyramid for the class…

Assesment

• Making a food pyramid, classifying different food into the right food groups:

grains, vegetables, fruit, dairy, protein,oils and fats.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Creating• Evaluating• Analising• Applying• Understanding • Remembering

I think that…- working with CLIL is very interesting and challenging for children and

teachers,- the timing was quite good because we had time to do all the activities

and also to go through the pyramid again;- children had great fun doing this activity;- children were motivated;- children learnt more vocabulary;- children really practiced remembering and understanding (Bloom’s

Taxonomy).

- I wish I had more time to introduce the topic and go through the pupils previous knowledge about different food. They would have done it in a more autonomous way.

- We are going to work more on the topic when we finish the lessons and do the final exam.