My Amazing Body
Fueling The Body
Lessons and Activities
Activity 1
Food Predictors
In this activity, the children predict what they think each of the food groups do for the body. They will also draw pictures of examples of each food group.
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Activity 2
Picture Match
In this activity, the children will work with a partner to match up the foods with the correct food group. They can add their own foods to each group if they have space.
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Activity 3
Smoothie Makers
In this activity, the children are given a smoothie task card in their groups. They must research and create a smoothie for JUMP that fulfills the criteria on the task card.
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Lesson Plan
Everything you need to give this lesson a try. On the left side we have our lesson objectives, in the middle are the activities and on the right are the assessment tools!
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PowerPoint
In this lesson, we'll take a look the different food groups and what each of them gives our bodies. We'll look at food pyramids before making recipe cards.
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From the Curriculum
Strand: Living Things
Strand Unit: Human Life
Strand Unit: Human Life
Curriculum Objectives
The child should be enabled to:
-develop a simple understanding of the structure of some of the body’s major internal and external organs.
-develop a simple understanding of the structure of some of the body’s major internal and external organs.
- develop a simple understanding of food and nutrition.