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Constructivist
Approach
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Science
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English
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Mathematics
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Health
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Resources
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Assessment
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LEARNING
TECHNOLOGY
Activity
Details
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Engage
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Reintroduction
of contents
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Identifying
good information on labelling of foods
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Maths
- basic calculations using kilogram and food topics
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Identifying
and describing different kinds of foods and drawing a
comparison between junk and healthy foods
(SOSE)
International foods
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Advertisements
for food from newspapers, magazines and junk mail
Actual
foodstuffs
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Assess
the children's concept knowledge and in particular
identifying different foods in the food chain
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KLA:
SOSE
Identify
origin of certain foods using internet
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Access
Group
Timing
Record
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Follow
the leader
- Small groups
Set time limit
- Learning log
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Explore
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(SOSE)
Sustainability
of food
Population
pressure
Declining
availability of farmlands
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Different
aspects of grammar with food
as theme
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Comparing
costs of different kinds of
food using the four operations
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(SOSE)
Looking
at advertisements of healthy food products and
discussing their content
Exploring
the origins of food dishes and relating it to the
world map (Mapwork)
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Picture
and information books
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Observe
children in their endeavour to answer given questions
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KLA:
HPE
Find the nutritional information of certain popular
foods
- LINK
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Access
Group
Timing
Record
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Follow
the leader
Pairs
- 15 minutes per session
Write results in notebook
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Explain
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Give
reasons for the emergence of issues that dominate
thinking in the late twentieth century in relation to
environmental issues, eg. deforestation, different and
poor farming methods
and its impact upon the environment and food
production
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Develop
alliterations using food types,
Tongue
twisters using food
types
Vocabulary
enrichment in respect of styles of cooking
Collective
nouns in respect of food
Food
and nutrition synonyms
Food
idioms
Food
homophones
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Percentages
on cost of food
Mass,
volume
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(SOSE)
Design
two posters or drawings on health and junk foods with
the intention of making the former appear more
attractive
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Posters
Writing
material
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Evaluate
knowledge and understanding
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KLA:
Maths
- Use
excel to graph and compare nutritional qualities
of different foods.
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Access
Group
Timing
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Record
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Roster
Individual
- Set
time each week until finished (15 min)
Printout
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Elaborate
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Identify
alternatives to use of natural resources with the
condition of
minimal impact upon environmental damage
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Creative
writing using "Crazy Eating Words", poetry,
nursery rhymes and
word study
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Comparison
of food
prices in relation to mass, eg. 500g of chocolate =
$1.50 and 250g = 85c - which is better value for money
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Vitamin
content of various fruits and vegetables
Composition/
ingredients of foods
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Assess
children's knowledge
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KLA:
Integrated
- Find
examples of healthy international recipes on the
internet
LINK
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Access
Group
Timing
Record
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Roster
Individual
- 30 minutes each session
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Print and make
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Evaluate
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Class
discussion as the forum used to discuss different
findings and to evaluate their merits
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Peer
evaluation on students' contributions with additional
input from teacher
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Discussion
on value of different foods and the need to follow a
healthy, balanced diet
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