Downloadable poster by safefood website. Poster visually displays the new Food Pyramid released by Minister Corcoran Kennedy. Resource aims to increase awareness of healthy eating choices in Ireland. The guidelines reflect best international evidence.
View full descriptionStrand: 1. Food, Health & Culinary Skills
Strand unit: 10. Healthy Balanced Diet - Role of Nutrients
Suggestions for use: Use the food pyramid to inform students of the new guidelines. Students should be encouraged to plan their daily eating habits around the food pyramid to achieve a healthy, balanced diet. Lesson idea: Print out the old pyramid and new pyramid for students to compare and evaluate the changes happening in the food pyramid for their school.
Key Skills: Staying Well Managing Myself
Strand: Physical Health
Strand unit: Healthy Eating
Scroll down to the end of the website page to download the information sheets and sample daily meal plans for varying age groups. Meal plans for people aged 5, 70, 21, 52, 10, 30, 67. Fact sheets on Vegetables, wholemeal cereals, milk, meat/ nuts, fats, foods high in salt, sugar and fat. There is even differentiated food pyramids with simple, advanced and complex versions available.
View full descriptionStrand: 1. Food, Health & Culinary Skills
Strand unit: 12. Nutritional Requirments - Each Lifecycle
Suggestions for use: Use the resources as a means of awareness and informing students of the new food pyramid. The daily meal plans are an excellent resource for students to examine. Perhaps set up a rotation station where students have time to discuss and read the individual meal plans. After the rotation station activity, students should be given time to design their own meal plans using the new food pyramid.
Key Skills: Communicating Managing Information and Thinking Staying Well
A 2017 film trailer for the movie, Wasted! The Story of Food. The film is produced through the eyes of famous cheffs. Video encourages students to consider the possibilities of food scraps and how scraps could be transformed into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. Responsible Family Living
Strand unit: 8. Energy Eff, Waste Mgt & Water Conserv
Strand: 1.3 Preparation & Food Processing of Food
Strand unit: Food Preparation & Cooking Processes
Suggestions for use: Video to start a discussion on the issue of food waste and sustainable living.
Strand: 2.2 Consumer Studies
Strand unit: Consumer Responsibility
Suggestions for use: Video to start a discussion on the issue of food waste and sustainable living.
Strand: Global Issues
Strand unit: Environment
Strand: 1. Personal Finance
Strand unit: 09. Impact of Consumer Behaviour
Suggestions for use: Videos to start a discussion on the issue of food waste and sustainable consumption.
Strand: Short Course
Strand unit: 2.1 Sustainability
PowerPoint facilitates a discussion on the topic of a balanced diet and the food types. * PPT is part of the ‘Science Differentiation in Action’ by SESS.
View full descriptionStudents consider the nutrients in the food we eat and the meaning of a balanced diet by referring to the food pyramid. * Worksheet is part of the ‘Science Differentiation in Action’ by SESS.
View full descriptionStrand: 5. Biological Science
Strand unit: 6. Factors Affecting Human Health
Short clip comparing a smoker's lung to a healthy lung.
View full descriptionStrand: 5. Biological Science
Strand unit: 6. Factors Affecting Human Health
Suggestions for use: Use an introductory activity to explain the consequences of smoking. Place students in groups initially to discuss the difference between the healthy and smoker's lung. Create a list of probing questions such as: why are the lungs black, why do they not inflate fully etc. Allow them time to discuss and then compile a list of causes and how this may contribute to lung cancer.
Key Skills: Communicating Working with Others
Strand: Substance use
Strand unit: Smoking & It's Effects
Strand: 1. Food, Health & Culinary Skills
Strand unit: 8. Elements of a Healthy Lifestyle
PowerPoint presentation on diet related illnesses. Concentrates on diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2) as well as dental disease.
View full descriptionStrand: 1.2 Diet & Health
Strand unit: Dietary Guidelines
PowerPoint presentation with activities on the life cycle of food and plastics. Students will discover the food miles traveled by certain foods, how to compost food waste, the properties of plastic, how plastic is disposed and recycled.
View full descriptionStrand: 3. Chemical World
Strand unit: 10. Humans Contribution to Sustainability
Strand: 1. Food, Health & Culinary Skills
Strand unit: 15. Impact of Food Choices:Ecological/Ethical
Strand: Short Course
Strand unit: 2.1 Sustainability
Revision booklet with State Examination questions from 2017-2011. The questions focus on the topics of cheese, fish, eggs, meat, sensory analysis, fruit and vegetables and diabetes. Space is provided for answers.
View full descriptionStrand: 1.2 Diet & Health
Strand unit: Dietary & Food Requirements
Suggestions for use: Useful revision booklet for students to complete post Easter in the weeks coming upto state exams
1 page pdf which can be folded into a booklet containing 7 diagrams and instructions for different stitches. Instructions for folding the booklet are also provided.
View full descriptionStrand: 02. Craft
Strand unit: 10. Art Elements & Design Principles in Craft
Suggestions for use: Print for students as a guide for when students are at home working on stitching.
Key Skills: Being Creative Numeracy
Strand: 3. Textiles & Craft
Strand unit: 1. Basic Hand & Machine Sewing Techniques
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