DIET AND ENERGY SOURCES

 

Shared by Silvia García:

Sometimes I find it easier to explain some contents that we are going to see in our classes by making them watch a video on their own. So for this flipped classroom activity they have to watch this video on the internet and answer some questions after. We will treat this contents in class later. I like to use this kind of content for the 3rd grade. You can see in the next page the activity that I give to my students through google teams so they can learn more about nutrition, diet, macronutrients, etc.

DIET AND ENERGY SOURCES 

First of all, please answer these two questions before you watch the video. 

A. BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO 

1. What do you think "balanced diet" means? 

2. What does your body use for energy?

Watch this video about diet and energy sources. Pay attention because after you watch it you must answer some questions. 

                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g99HsEihogg

B. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO: 

1. Name all the macronutrients 

2. What is the main role for carbohydrates? 

3. What kind of nutrients provide fibre? 

4. What nutrient can be easily stored in our body? 

5. What nutrient is important for athletes’ recovery? 

6. Who needs to consume more calories adults or teenagers? 

7. Who needs to consume generally more calories men or women? 

8. Which foods are sources of carbohydrates? Write at least 5 examples 

9. Which foods are sources of proteins? Write at least 5 examples 

10. Which foods are sources of fats? Write at least 5 examples

11. What happens when we consume more calories than the body uses? 

12. How can we keep track of the energy that we consume? 

13. What kind of nutrients will need a rugby player after a match? Why? 

14. Could you tell me what kind of nutrient is important to consume when doing exercise during a hot summer afternoon? 

Write in your own words the importance of a balance diet. 

Write in at least 5 sentences a conclusion for the video you have just watched. 

Good job! Now, don’t forget to send your answers back to me! 

QUICK GUIDE FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

 

QUICK GUIDE FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

This cross curricular project involves PE, math, English, ITC and Spanish. It cannot be developed until almost the end of the school year and requires coordination among teachers, mainly the PE and ITC. The students will need to use different tools that they learnt how to use during all year long.

The purpose is to elaborate a quick guide of the healthy lifestyle in a poster format.

The students will work in four groups during the entire project because each one will be specialized in a field: physical activity, eating habits, postural hygiene and rest, harmful habits

 

Activity 1:

Search the information.

Each group must explain, not only name, 10 specific actions that people can carry out to keep a healthy lifestyle.

That information must be handed out as a text document (Word) fulfilling the format requirements specified by the ITC teacher (font, paragraph, page number, headings, footnotes…), it must include a table as well and the references.

 

Activity 2:

Educational community survey.

Using google forms, each group has to develop a 10 questions survey related to their field. After that, one person of each group gather together with the one of the other groups to select 12 questions in total to prepare the final survey that will be shared later through the school platform to all the families, students, teachers and PAS. This survey is done in Spanish.

They have to decide which type of answers they want to get to think carefully about how to make the questions.

After that, using Excel, they continue with the data processing. Again, each group, writes down the conclusions of the survey.

 

Activity 3:

Poster recommendations.

The students must make a poster using the data collected with the survey and its results, highlighting those habits or routines that the community should improve to follow a healthy lifestyle.

The final poster will have two versions, English and Spanish, because they will be shared on the social media and showed on the noticeboard of the school.

The poster’s design will be done with Canva. It is a tool that allows collaborative work, so different students can work at the same time on the same poster.

The submission of the poster, must be done by the leader of the group by email, including the PE, ITC and Spanish teachers, and in two formats PDF and JPEG.