BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM WEEK 3

KINDERGARTEN (AGE 5) 

THEME – FOOD 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning (Examples) and Importance Body Building Food Kindergarten (Age 5) Term 2 Week 2 Basic Science and Technology

 

TOPIC – ENERGY GIVING FOOD 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Meaning and Examples of Energy Giving Food

2. Importance of Energy Giving Food

3. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment

 

BEHAVIOUR OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the children should to,

1. explain the meaning of energy giving food.

2. give examples of energy giving food.

3. understand the importance of eating energy giving food.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 

The teacher will the lesson with the aid of chart showing energy giving food.

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS 

1. Recommended textbook

2. National Curriculum

3. All relevant materials

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION

Food is what we eat to make us grow, stay strong, and healthy. The food we eat give us energy to play, learn, and grow.

The food that gives us energy to stay strong and active is called body building food.

 

WHAT ARE THE ENERGY GIVING FOOD? 

Energy giving foods are the foods that contain carbohydrates. For examples – yam, rice, rice, etc. Energy giving foods give the body energy to work.

These food give you energy to learn, run, jump, etc. It is good to eat energy giving food with one or more body building food.

 

EXAMPLES OF ENERGY GIVING FOOD 

The food that contains energy and help us to stay active are,

1. Yam

2. Cassava

3. Plantain

4. Bread

5. Rice

6. Maize

7. Sweet potato

8. Flour

8. Guinea corn

9. Millet, etc.

 

IMPORTANCE OF EATING ENERGY GIVING FOOD 

1. Energy giving food give us strength to play and learn.

2. Energy giving food give us energy to stay active.

3. Energy giving food help our bodies stay strong.

4. Energy giving food give us energy to growth.

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

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

1. Teacher displays sample/chart showing different energy giving food.

2. Teacher points to the food one after the other for the children to identify and describe the taste of the food.

Children’s Activities – The children identify the food on the chart and describe how they love to eat them.

3. Teacher uses the sample/chart displayed to introduce lesson and explain the meaning and importance of energy giving food with appropriate examples.

Children’s Activities – The children pay attention to the lesson introduction, understand and appreciate the importance of energy giving food.

4. Teacher summarizes the lesson in a very simple sentence, asks the children questions based on the lesson taught and gives the children work to do at home.

Children’s Activities – The children participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding to the questions and do their homework at home.

 

LESSON EVALUATION/HOMEWORK

Teacher asks pupils the following questions,

1. We eat food to stay ______.

A. grow stronger

B. grow weaker

 

2. ______ gives us energy.

A. Carbohydrate

B. Food

 

3. Breakfast is the food we eat in ______.

A. afternoon

B. morning

 

4. The food we eat in afternoon is called ______.

A. dinner

B. breakfast

 

5. Dinner is the food we eat in the ______.

A. morning

B. afternoon

 

6. ______ is a energy giving food.

A. Food

B. Carbohydrate

 

7. Energy giving food is also called ______.

A. carbohydrate

B. food

 

8. Energy giving food help us grow strong. Yes/No

9. Yam and rice are good examples of body building food.

10. It is good to eat energy giving food with one or more body building food. Yes/No