Central Idea was-A balance between factors such as exercise, nutrition and recreation contribute to human health.
The unit was kicked started by the kids undergoing exercises they measured their heartbeats with the help of stethoscope and recorded it. They identified the various changes going on in their bodies like sweating, panting, heart beats increasing, tiredness, and muscles becoming stronger. They also played recreational games like Automobile to understand the changes their body was undergoing in a better way.
These became the basis for their next topic the body systems they learnt about circulatory system to understand the heartbeats and function of heart. Sweating became the base to learn about thermoregulation, strong muscles to learn about muscular and skeletal system, panting to learn about respiratory system and lack of energy to learn about digestive system.
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adually we came to our next topic that was nutrition which was covered in a very unique and interesting way. Kids talked about their favorite foods and hence inquired about healthy food, and were introduced to the Food Pyramid. They learnt about the 4 food groups and the colors they represent They made their own Food Pyramid as an art activity and learnt to maintain food logs.
They also had a talk with a nutrition expert which helped them to make connections to the central idea, that all 3( exercise, nutrition and recreation )all were necessary to maintain a healthy life style.They also learnt the Fit kid song to strengthen their learning. They measured their heights to understand that proper height was also a part of growing up healthy.
They made a healthy menu working in groups which included all 4 food groups, they even gave a good presentation on it.
They also had a field trip to Reliance Fresh where apart from understanding junk and healthy food they discovered the nutritional facts printed on the food packets.
Next day they wrote reflection log of their visit and collected food packets to understand more about the nutritional facts. They were introduced to the constituents of food ( carbohydrates, fats, proteins etc.).They also made bar graphs from their findings and were shocked and surprised to find that their favorite food like Kurkure had more fats and less energy and Kelloggs had less fat and more energy.
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healthy island game was played wh
ich had all 3 parts of the central idea –exercise, nutrition and recreation the kids played and learnt from it. Comments like- our thermoregulatory system is working overtime made it easy to see that they were making the connections They also made a Class Cook Book with precious help from parents and were very proud to see their work in a book format.
They were given sleep patterns to undergo which they could do with your cooperation and it
helped them to understand the importance of sleep in healthy lifestyle. They also had group discussion on Healthy Food vs Junk Food, Watching T.V for too long etc. to understand the healthy life style. They maintained hygiene checklist which became a base to understand personal hygiene and its importance. They were made to exercise to keep them strong and healthy.
They also prepared a drama on healthy lifestyle. Lastly for their summative assessment they made a mind map on the topic and keeping it as a guide made posters to reflect the central idea.
Next day they wrote reflection log of their visit and collected food packets to understand more about the nutritional facts. They were introduced to the constituents of food ( carbohydrates, fats, proteins etc.).They also made bar graphs from their findings and were shocked and surprised to find that their favorite food like Kurkure had more fats and less energy and Kelloggs had less fat and more energy.
The
healthy island game was played wh
ich had all 3 parts of the central idea –exercise, nutrition and recreation the kids played and learnt from it. Comments like- our thermoregulatory system is working overtime made it easy to see that they were making the connections They also made a Class Cook Book with precious help from parents and were very proud to see their work in a book format.They were given sleep patterns to undergo which they could do with your cooperation and it
helped them to understand the importance of sleep in healthy lifestyle. They also had group discussion on Healthy Food vs Junk Food, Watching T.V for too long etc. to understand the healthy life style. They maintained hygiene checklist which became a base to understand personal hygiene and its importance. They were made to exercise to keep them strong and healthy.
They also prepared a drama on healthy lifestyle. Lastly for their summative assessment they made a mind map on the topic and keeping it as a guide made posters to reflect the central idea.Before the assessment the rubric was discussed with them in detail so that they could prepare for it properly.
The posters and their understanding of it was really superb. Commendable work by 3rd graders even if I say so.
The posters and their understanding of it was really superb. Commendable work by 3rd graders even if I say so.
Written by :
Mariyam Baxamusa
Class teacher Grade 3
Class teacher Grade 3
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