Nutrition
Strand: Food, Health & Culinary Skills.
Eating a balanced diet is vital for good health and wellbeing. Food provides our bodies with the energy, protein, essential fats, vitamins and minerals to live, grow and function properly. We need a wide variety of different foods to provide the right amounts of nutrients for good health.
Teachers and students can use the following resources when learning about nutrition, macronutrients and micronutrients. The resources include two presentations, interactive Kahoot quizzes, Youtube videos and Quizlet flashcards.
Macronutrients
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/28010/27746.pptx Added: 18 Aug 2018 Contributor: Danielle Conaty Resource type: PresentationPowerPoint presentation on macronutrients covering classifications, sources and functions of Proteins, Lipids and Carbohydrates. Students are also encouraged to examine deficiency diseases associated with various macronutrients.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- Home Economics
Strand: 1. Food, Health & Culinary Skills
Strand unit: 10. Healthy Balanced Diet - Role of Nutrients
Suggestions for use: Power point presentation on macronutrients. Contains Active Learning Methodologies to encourage group work i.e. Think, Pair and Share & brainstorms.
Key Skills: Being Creative Managing Information and Thinking Working with Others Literacy Managing Myself
Micronutrients
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/27943/27679.pptx Added: 14 Aug 2018 Contributor: Danielle Conaty Resource type: Assessment / Lesson Plan / PresentationPowerPoint presentation on micro-nutrients covering the class, sources and functions of micro-nutrients. Students are also encouraged to examine deficiency diseases associated with various nutrients.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- Home Economics
Strand: 1. Food, Health & Culinary Skills
Strand unit: 2. Healthy & Nutritious Meals & Snacks
Suggestions for use: Powerpoint presentation on micronutrients. Includes Active Learning Methodologies such as pair work
Key Skills: Being Creative Staying Well Working with Others Managing Myself
Featured Video Clip
These short video clips allow students to digest content at their own pace. Students can press stop when they need to digest a key point and rewind if they need to hear a point again.
Each video has a key question for students to react to while watching to the video clips. The key questions ensure that students are active listeners rather than passive consumers of knowledge.
Proteins
Why does our bodies need protein?
Fat
What is fat?
Iron
How do minerals differ from vitamins?
Vitamins
How do vitamins work?
Carbohydrates
What foods belong to the starchy carbohydrate group?
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Featured Online Assessment Tools
Challenge students to the below quizzes.
Students and teachers will get real time feedback on their learning journey through the topic of nutrition.
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Nutrition
Calcium
