Healthy Eating: Lessons' Plans

Develop an awareness of the diversity of food around the globe.

To students understand cultural connections to foods, while also learning about the health benefits of some foods from around the world.

Lesson objectives: Students will be able to

Explain how food choices are limited by resources, culture, and geography.

Students will be able to name some foods from the different continents

Students can research just the dish they enjoy, or they can get as specific as the origins of the ingredients.

Students will be able to pronounce the words accurately and use them with confidence.

Assumed prior knowledge:

Students may have existing knowledge about the food subject.

Resources:

Lesson Plan 2

Teachers Name: Hamza Ismail

Date: 30/01/2016

Course:

BA (Hons) Education Top Up

Duration: 3 hours

Subject/Unit:

Creative practice

Curriculum Areas: healthy eating

Topic:

Aims of lesson:

To present the types of writing they will be expected to produce at the end of the session

To help students improve their writing skills.

Students to read the healthy eating article to think about vocabulary they want to use in their writing.

Lesson objectives: Students will be able to

To expand students vocabulary for describing what food contains.

To develop students ability to write about balanced diet.

Assumed prior knowledge:

Student may have existing knowledge about the subject Aims & objectives covered in the history and geography session

Resources:

Work sheet

I have given the students a copy of the eating diet

I introduced the topic of eating healthy and provided clear instructions on what the students will have to do at the stage.

Lesson Plan 3

Teachers Name: Date: 30/01/2016

Course:

Duration: 3 hours

Subject/Unit:

Curriculum Areas: Language art

Aims of lesson:

Students to draw a picture of their favourite fruit/vegetable

To use a range of adjectives to describe the taste of fruit/vegetable

Lesson objectives: Students will be able to

Student will be able to choose a suitable word from the list to describe its taste and feel

By the end of the lesson student to write sentences to describe their favourite picture by using the list of the adjective words that has been given them.

By the end of the lesson student to be able to draw a picture of their favourite fruits and vegetables.

Assumed prior knowledge:

Students may have some knowledge about the subject Aims & objectives covered in the previous sessions.

Resources:

I will bring scale and height measure in the class.

I will provide a sheet to record their weight and height.

I will provide a BMI index chart to all students

I will monitor the students activities and provide prompts if it appears that a student is having difficulty. For example, if a student seems stuck on a word, suggest he or she try to sound out the word or use structural analysis skills such as knowledge of base words. I will ask the student to think about whether the word he or she came up with makes sense.

Lesson Plan 4

Teachers Name: Hamza Ismail

Date: 30/01/2016

Course:

Duration: 3 hours

Subject/Unit:

Maths

Topic: Lesson planning

Aims of the lesson:

To learn what BMI is and how it relates to their health.

The student will understand the importance of Body Mass Index.

To identify that is their curranty BMI is and what is the body weight that is best for them.

Lesson objectives: Students will be able to

The student will calculate individual BMI compared to other individuals with the same height.

Some of the student will use technology tools to process data and report results.

Students will calculate their BMI index using the formula provided.

Assumed prior knowledge:

Student may have some knowledge about the subject Aims & objectives covered in the previous session or prior knowledge of maths.

Resources:

Lesson 1: History and Geography

Describe your favourite food and why you like it in a short paragraph.

Explain its: Origin, cultural connections and myths, religion form its area of origin and the contents of the food.

Name other types of food you know and their country or continent of origin.

Lesson 2: Heathy eating task

Reading

Now read the text called A Balanced Diet as quickly as possible to find out more.

Write a short text here about what a balanced diet should include.

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Lesson 3: Language art.

Draw

Healthy, crunchy, nutritious, soft, fresh, juicy, bitter, tasty, sour

Use some adjectives above to describe your favorite fruits and vegetables.

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Lesson 4

Information sheet for BMI Task

What is Body Max Index?

Body Mass Index: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height, and applies to most adult men and women aged 20 and over.

Conversions:

1 inch = 2.54cm

6.35 Kilos (Kg) = 1 stone (St)

Formula how to calculate BMI

Metric Method

Complete the table below with the information you collect:

Student name Height in Inches Height in Meters Mass/Weight in Pounds Mass/Weight in Kilograms Calculated

BMI

Weight range

Ex 1.83 87.5 27.1 Over weight

Example: weight = 90 kg, Height = 182 cm (1.82 m)

Calculation: 90 (1.82)2 = 27.1

BMI Chart