The Effects of Wrong Meal Planning and Eating Habits Primary 6 (Basic 6) Term 1 Week 6 Home Economics

HOME ECONOMICS

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES

FIRST TERM

WEEK 5

BASIC 6

PREVIOUS LESSON 

TOPIC: Meal Planning for Health Living

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introduction

2. Wrong Meal Planning and Eating Habits

3. The Effects of Wrong Meal Planning and Eating Habits

4. Revision and Weekly Assessment (Test)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. explain the consequences of wrong meal planning and unhealthy eating habits.

2. recognize the importance of making nutritious food choices.

3. explain the need for a healthier eating habits.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils can state the importance of good eating habits.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Chart showing the food groups

2. Charts on food nutrients

3. Charts showing various meal plans

4. Simple menu cards

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Materials

Online Materials

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

Meal planning means making a careful plan of meals with adequate balanced diet for different situation such as for an individual, family and friends, restaurants, wedding, naming, birthday, anniversary, festival and so on. When a meal planning lack adequate balanced diet, the meal planning is known as bad or wrong meal planning.

GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHY EATING 

1. Maintain regular eating routine.

2. Eat a whole lot of natural foods.

3. Eat just in right amounts, neither more nor less.

4. Consume seasonal fruits.

5. Avoid excessive consumption of salt, spices, fats, sugars and sweets.

6. Eat carbohydrates that supply plenty of fiber.

7. Eat variety as it ensures supply of all essential nutrients.

8. Maintain desirable weight and health.

LESSON 2 – EFFECTS OF WRONG MEAL PLANNING AND EATING HABIT

Eating habits are the ways and manners in which prepare and eat their meal on a daily basis. These habits can be good and bad habits. The effects of wrong meal planning and eating habits are as follows:

1. Overweight

2. Malnutrition

3. Tooth decay

4. Tigh blood pressure

5. High cholesterol

6. Heart disease and stroke

7. Diabetes

8. Fatigue

9. Some cancers

10. Depression

11. Eating disorders

12. Problems with Conceiving (for women) – this is because of large stomach.

FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN PLANNING MEALS 

1. Nutritional needs – vary with age, sex and daily activities.

2. Budget

3. Time, energy and money

4. Personal like and dislike

5. Religion, traditions and customs

6. Occasions – wedding, naming, anniversary, festival, etc.

7. Cooking utensils

8. The facilities and help available

9. Food availability and climate

MENU CARDS

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson based on what he/she taught or what the pupils have learned.

2. Teacher displays chart showing good and wrong meal planning for the pupils to examine, Identify and discuss the difference.

3. Teacher guides the pupils discussion on the different between the two meal planning.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the guided discussion.

4. Teacher uses the chart and the pupils relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on the meaning and effects of wrong meal planning.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction and participate actively in the discussion on the meaning and effects of wrong meal planning.

5. Teacher displays a chart showing good and bad eating habits for the pupils to discuss the best eating practice.

6. Teacher uses the chart and the pupils relevant responses to lead and guides class discussion on the wrong eating habits.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils differentiate between good and wrong eating habits.

7. Teacher engages the pupils as groups to design good meal planning.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in designing good meal planning.

8. Teacher asks the pupils state and discuss the factors to consider when planning a meal.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils itemize and discuss the importance factors to consider when planning a meal.

9. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board in a very simple sentence using appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summary by responding correctly to the questions and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks pupil to: