Nutrition Lesson Plan (Primary) : Vegetables, and Another One With Rice, Salad, Chicken

Nutrition Lesson Plan
(Primary)
Teacher:
Date:
Grade level: 5 Subject: Balanced Healthy diet
Lesson objective(s):
 Students communicate how eating enough of the right kinds of food keep them healthy.
 Students communicate the different kinds of nutrients.
Materials:
 “Draw and Write” quarter sheets
 Projector or computer-linked TV to show the video “Balanced Diet”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiDNBgk2oAA
ENGAGEMENT (10-15 minutes)

 Describe how the teacher will capture students’ interest.
 What kind of questions should the students ask themselves after the engagement?
Ask students to draw their favorite foods on the handouts or in a notebook and answer when they last ate the food. Then
lead a share-out discussion of students’ favorite foods. As a class, together begin to sort the favorite foods into healthy
foods and unhealthy foods. This will get students started thinking about the connection between food and health.
Possible questions to expand the discussion include:
 What foods do you often eat? Are they healthy or unhealthy foods?
 What foods do your parents/family members eat? Do you eat the same food?
Ask students to fill the “what they already know” part in the KWL graphic organizer about healthy and unhealthy food.
EXPLORATION (~30 minutes)
 Describe what hands-on/minds-on activities students will be doing.
 List “big idea” conceptual questions the teacher will use to encourage and/or focus students’ exploration
Pass out two photographs of different plates to each student. Explain that the photos show what two different plates; one
with only vegetables, and another one with rice, salad, chicken,. Ask students to look closely at the images and quietly
reflect on the following questions:
 Which plate will you choose, and why?
 Which plate do you think is the healthier option?
 Why do you think it is the healthier plate?
Divide students into groups, and let them compare and share their answers.
Ask students to fill the “what they would like to know” in the KWL graphic organizer.
EXPLANATION (20 minutes)

 Student explanations should precede introduction of terms or explanations by the teacher. What questions or techniques will the teacher use to help
students connect their exploration to the concept under examination?
List higher order thinking questions which teachers will use to solicit student explanations and help them to justify their explanations.
Share with students the concept of nutrition using the video “A Balanced Diet”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiDNBgk2oAA
Help students break down the video. Watch several times and help students answer in groups the following questions:
 List the groups of nutrient.
 What kinds of nutrients supply our body with energy?
 How do proteins help our bodies?
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 What kind of nutrients can we eat to protect ourselves from sickness?

 What facilitates digestion?
 Why is it important to drink enough amount of water?
Each group picks a representative who shares the group’s answers with the rest of the class.
Ask students to fill the “what they’ve learned” part in the KWL chart.
ELABORATION (10 minutes)
 Describe how students will develop a more sophisticated understanding of the concept.
 What vocabulary will be introduced and how will it connect to students’ observations?
 How is this knowledge applied in our daily lives?
Share a picture of the food pyramid to elaborate on the concept of a balanced diet.
Ask students to record their meals and snacks for a day. Then, they write the kinds of nutrients present in each meal.
EVALUATION (5-10 minutes)
 How will students demonstrate that they have achieved the lesson objective?
 This should be embedded throughout the lesson as well as at the end of the lesson
Provide the students with the list of their favorite foods they gave in the engagement phase and ask them to categorize
them again into healthy and unhealthy foods.
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Draw and Write! Draw and Write!

What is your favorite food? What is your favorite food?
_______________________________ _________________________________
Draw it! Draw it!
When was the last time you ate this When was the last time you ate this food?
food? _________________________________
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Draw and Write! Draw and Write!

What is your favorite food? What is your favorite food?
_______________________________ _________________________________
Draw it! Draw it!
When was the last time you ate this When was the last time you ate this food?
food? _________________________________
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ENGAGEMENT (10-15 minutes)

EXPLANATION (20 minutes)

 What kind of nutrients can we eat to protect ourselves from sickness?

Draw and Write! Draw and Write!

Draw it! Draw it!

Draw and Write! Draw and Write!

Draw it! Draw it!

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