Lesson on health

Analyze Learners

General Characteristic

· 22 students

· 8 males

· 14 females

· Average age 10 – 11 years old

· LOTE – 5 FSM, 1 Asian, 2 Philippine

· 7 Chamorro

· 7 Philippine

Mental, Social and Physical notes

· 1 Learning disability

Current knowledge, Prerequisites, and Notes and Learning Attitudes:

· The students are familiar with the basic nutrition facts. They have been working with calories, fat, cholesterols, sodium, potassium, carbohydrates, and protein. Majority of the students are able to locate and read the nutrition fact in any product.

Learners Attitudes/Learning Style Attitudes:

· 50 percent of the students in the class are auditory learners: This will make it easy for the students record the nutritional facts. 35 percent of the students are visual learners: These students can create a graph chart of the nutritional fact. 15 percent are auditor and kinesthetic learners: These students can demonstrate how to create a graph chart in the computer in Microsoft Excel.

Learning Style:

· 50% auditory learners

· 35% visual learners

· 15% Kinesthetic learners/hands on learners

Select Objectives

· Students will be able to select three different types of cereals.

· Students will be able to locate and discuss the nutritional facts of each cereal contents.

· Students will be able to record the information about the cholesterols of each cereal.

· Students will be able to create a cholesterols graph of the three cereals.

· Students will transfer their graph into Microsoft excel.

· Students will practice responsible use of technology system, information, and software. (NETS II. Social, Ethical, and Human Issue. B.)

· Students will compare the percentage of each cholesterols from the three different cereals.

· Students will be able to write a report of their findings.

· Students will use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. (NETS V. Technology Research Tools. A.)

Select Materials

· Different type s of cereal

· Graph paper

· Computer

Utilize Materials

· The material student in the group will collect the materials need for the activity.

· The leader of the group will locate and lead the discussion of each nutritional fact.

· The record in the group will record all the nutritional facts of each cereal.

· The other member or members of the group will create a nutrition graph for the three cereal.

· The group will transfer the created graph into Microsoft Excel.

· Each student in the group will write a report about their findings.

Required Learner’s Response

A) After the activity, the students will be able to answer the questions.

· What cereal is the most nutritional?

· Why?

Evaluate Learners

· Reflection about the effectiveness of the activity.

Part A

Presentation:

Ø Divide the class into groups of 4 to 5 students.

Ø Ask each group to choose a leader, spokes person, recorder, and a material person.

Ø Ask each group to choose a nutritional fact. (Calorie, fat, cholesterols, sodium, potassium, carbohydrates, or protein)

Ø Ask the Material person to pick up the three cereals, graph paper and the direction paper.

Ø Read the direction with the class.

Ø Ask the class if they understand what they are going to do.

Ø Allow the group 10 to 15 minutes to record and discuss the part.

Ø When all the groups are done have them to report their group findings. (Go to part B segment 1)

Ø Have each group draw their graph on the board. (Go to part B segment 2)

Ø Now I want you to create a graph in the computer.

Ø Assignment: The students are to choose three types of food and select a nutritional fact from the Internet and create a graph of their own.

Part B

Question and Answer:

Segment 1

Ø Which group would like to go first?

(Ask the following question for each group.)

Ø Group__ what is your nutritional fact?

Ø What is your group finding in Corn Flacks?

Ø What is your group finding in Pops?

Ø What is your group finding in Fruit Loops?

Ø Which cereal is most nutritional?

Ø Why? (Go back to presentation in the 2^nd to the last part)

Segment 2

Ø Looking at each group findings which cereal form the three is the most nutritional?

Ø Why?