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NTEQ LESSON PLAN
Name: CAROLYNE OBONYO
LESSON TITLE: A BALANCED DIET
SUBJECT AREA(S): NUTRITION EDUCATION. GRADE LEVEL: 2
ND
YEAR
LESSON SUMMARY: Briefly describe the purpose of the lesson and the
student activities.
In this lesson, we will look at some of the ideas associated with eating a balanced diet.
The lesson is designed to teach students about the five food groups which make a
balanced diet. Students will do internet search and learn the importance of eating a
balanced diet. They will develop a menu incorporating all the five food groups and a
personal food guide pyramid that will guide them when selecting foods. Students will
create PowerPoint presentations which display two common balanced menus they have
come across.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this lesson, students will:
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Define the term balanced diet.
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Identify the five food groups that make a balanced diet.
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Carry out internet search on importance of eating a balanced diet.
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Develop a menu incorporating the five food groups.
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Draft a personal food guide pyramid that will guide them when selecting foods.
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Use the computer to come up with a presentation of two common balanced
menus.
STANDARDS.
National:
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At second year of study, community health students need to study Nutrition
Education course so that they can apply the knowledge gained to the community
they will be serving.
Local:
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Students need to learn the basics about Nutrition Education.
MATERIALS: “Think Sheet”
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What does it take for a menu to be balanced?
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What nutrients does the food in the menu
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Drafting a personal food guide
pyramid.
contain and what are their functions?
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Sample menus.
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Use the computer to carry out internet
search and present menus.
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COMPUTER FUNCTIONS AND DATA MANIPULATION:
Computer Function
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Internet
Computer Application
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Browser.
Data Manipulation
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search.
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Office suite.
Students to learn the importance of eating a
balanced diet.
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PowerPoint.
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Students to come up with a presentation of
two common balanced menus.
SPECIFY PROBLEM:
Today we are going to learn about a balanced diet. We will identify the five food groups
that make a meal to be balanced and develop a menu incorporating the five food
groups. We will do internet search on importance of eating a balanced diet. Then we
shall draft a personal food guide pyramid and finally use the computer to come up with a
presentation of two common balanced menus.
RESULTS PRESENTATION:
Students will write an explanation about the importance of eating a balanced diet. Do
presentations to the class about the menus chosen. The menus must have five food
groups identified and the reason why the food group is important.
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MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
LESSON INTRODUCTION – Briefly describe how you will introduce the problem
and how you will address any prerequisite skills, share learning objectives,
and provide needed information.
This lesson activity is designed to teach students about a balanced diet.
1. I will ask if students know what a balanced diet is and share out the foods they
have been eating. I will use their examples to define the term balanced diet and
develop the five food groups that make a balanced diet.
2. Students will carry out internet search on importance of eating a balanced diet.
They will note down the information found and we will have a discussion about
importance of eating a balanced diet.
3. I will ask students if they have ever ordered a menu and how they ended up
choosing what foods to eat. I will pass around different sample menus and let
them identify food groups represented. Students will then develop a menu
incorporating the five food groups.
4. Divide them into small groups to use the computer to come up with a
presentation of two common balanced menus. Students will create a summary to
support their findings about the created menus.
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COMPUTER ACTIVITIES:
Activity 1- Activities to
be completed:
Prior to going to computer
1. Students will work
Activity 2- Activities to be Activity 3- Activities to
completed:
be completed:
Prior to going to computer
1.
Students will be
individually to identify
advised to think
the importance of eating
about the many
a balanced diet.
diets they eat.
Discuss within the
groups the
At the computer
similarities among
2. Students will access
the diets.
information on the
internet and record in
their note books.
At the computer
2.
Use information
After going to computer
gathered to
3. Use the information to
develop a
contribute to class
PowerPoint
discussion about
presentation
importance of eating a
about two
balanced diet.
common
balanced menus.
After going to computer
3.
Review the
PowerPoint
presentation and
present before
the class.
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SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES: Review of Prior Learning / Enrichment Activities.
Activity 1
Activities to be completed:
1. Review their notes as
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activities to be completed: Activities to be completed:
1.
Draft a personal
they read food related
food guide
books and recipes.
pyramid that will
1.
Complete the
“Think Sheet”.
guide them
when selecting
foods.
CULMINATING ACTIVITY: Briefly describe how main ideas will be reviewed
and/or final presentations given.
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Discussion about importance of eating a balanced diet.
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I will ask a few students to share with the class their food guide pyramid.
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Class PowerPoint presentation about menus.
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Conclude the lesson by highlighting key features.
ROTATION PLAN: Briefly describe how students will rotate through the
computer and supporting activities.
I will divide the computer activities into two sessions, each session will be 20 minutes.
The first session will work on the computers individually while the second session will be
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in groups discussing similarities among the diets, to guide them in developing the two
menus. When they are through, they will exchange so that the second session can
access the computers while the first session start working on their group discussion.
These activities will also help them complete the “think sheet”.
ASSESSMENT: Rubric Template. Place performance objectives in the first
column, then create descriptions of each level of performance.
Objective or
Performanc
e
Beginning
1. Students
will search
importance
of eating a
balanced
diet.
Points
identified were
not relevant.
Identified a few
points on
importance of
eating a
balanced diet.
Good points were
identified, no
example was
given.
Very good points
were identified
and examples
given.
2. Develop a
menu
incorporatin
g the five
food
groups.
Menu
developed
without
incorporating
the five food
groups.
Menu developed
but two food
groups were
missing.
Menu developed,
was balanced and
all the five food
groups
incorporated.
Menu developed,
was balanced
and a variety of
foods used to
incorporate the
five food groups.
3. Presentatio
n of two
common
balanced
Presentation
not clear and
both menus
were not
balanced.
Good
presentation but
one menu was
not balanced.
Clear presentation
of two balanced
menus. Not all the
members were
involved.
Very creative
and two
balanced
menus
selected. Very
clear
presentation
and all the
participants
were actively
involved.
menus
.
1
Developing
2
Accomplished
Exemplary
3
4
Score
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