LESSON PLAN: FOOD (GRADE 6)

FOOD: WHERE DOES IT COME FROM

LESSON PLAN

Gist of Lesson

1. Variety of food
2. Identifying food ingredients
3. Sources of ingredients
4. Plant parts eaten as food
5. Animals as food sources
6. Food for animals
7. Classification of animals on basis of food habits
8. Poisonous Foods

AIM:

Develop understanding of different varieties of food, and identify their sources.

Objectives:

1. Recall concept of food as a source of energy
2. Retrieve information about types of food eaten by different animals
3. Develop a vocabulary related to food and nutrition
4. Identify ingredients used in making common food items
5. Correlate ingredients with sources
6. Classify ingredients on the basis of source
7. Differentiate animals on the basis of food habits
8. Evaluate nutrient content of food forms
9. Plan a meal/menu

Teaching Activities/Methods

Day	activity	Student activity	Teacher’s Strategy
1	Recapitulation & Creative Writing	Write 5 lines on your favourite food (Prompts: taste, cooking, ingredients, occasion, healthy)	Initiate discussion on food items & ingredients
2	Vocabulary Building	Reading of Lesson & identification of new words	Helping understand new words through image description
3	Concept building	Identifying ingredients, classifying on basis of source	Introduction of plant & animals as source of food
4	Field Visit	Identifying plant parts, enlisting ingredients from various parts	Facilitating & guiding visit
5	Classifying herbivores, carnivores & Omnivores	Drawing food chain (edible/non-edible)	Concept of food chain
7	Retrieval Practice	Question answers	NA
Week	Survey	5 tiffin/1 household daily menu	Establishing variety

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

1. Short Questions
2. With help of chart/poster explain the various sources from which your daily meal is obtained.
3. Make a plate of your favourite food. Specify ingredients of each food item. Give sources of the ingredients.
4. Essay/poster, role of farmers in food production
5. 5 Bizarre/Unique food from across the world
6. Thalis from different regions of India
7. Name one poisonous food. Describe why its poisonous.
8. Sprout mung beans/gram. Draw bar graph on basis of length of sprout for a week.
9. Write a story/ make a cartoon with potato as a superhero.
10. If you were to eat only one food for your entire life, which food would you choose and why?
11. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cloudy+with+a+chance+at+meatballs+food+quotes&&view=detail&mid=D190537DF9666593C810D190537DF9666593C810&&FORM=VRDGAR

See the movie clip & answer the questions: A. If you were to build a machine that would rain food, which food would you choose and why?

• If your food starts raining, in one sentence give the reactions of

• Your mother
• Your father
• Your friend/brother/sister

You can depict the same in form of a comic B. What would be the effect of raining food on people’s health? C. What would be the effect of raining food on our economy?

12. MCQ