Lesson Ideas > Variety > Food and Physical Activity from the Past, Present …. What about the Future?             Learning Outcomes     Demonstrate the ability to share and communicate ideas   Ability to investigate and represent a variety of food and physical activities   Appreciation of the past and present   Predict possible futures   Demonstrate ability to use information communication technologies (ICT) to record and investigate ideas           Introduction     This learning activity looks at the variety of snacks eaten by each generation and the variety of typical physical activities they were involved in. It is important for students to highlight the differences and some reasons why there are differences. Also highlight the variety of food and activity over the generations. Doing a variety of physical activities can help reduce boredom, and reduce problems that can arise from repetitive use of muscles and joints. Students need to become aware of as many opportunities to be physically active as possible and that old activities can become popular again. Eating a variety of foods is also important as it helps to: Ensure children get adequate intakes of nutrients needed for healthy growth and development   Can help develop healthy eating habits for the future   Helps stop kids getting bored with the same foods           Learning Task     Students investigate what snacks they have on a typical day. If they have trouble remembering – get them to think about yesterday? A sandwich? Crackers? Fruit? Do they eat a variety of snacks or do they have the same snack each day?   Get students to explore the variety of physical activities they do, such as sports they like to play, games and activities they do in their recess and lunch times, and what they do before and after school What activities do students do as a class? Are these different to the activities students do outside of school?   Students interview parents to see if they remember what they ate for snacks during the day and the types of physical activities and games they played at school, before and after school. If possible, also get them to ask their grandparents   Get students to draw up a table or use Word or Excel programs to help collate the information. Click on a template to help you. Word.doc 64kb Pdf 19kb   Students should reflect and share with a small group:     • Are there differences in the snacks and types of activities and games between them and their parents/grandparents? • What are the main differences between each generation? • What are the healthy choices and activities? • What do they think the next generation will be eating for snacks and what activities do they think they will be doing? • Provide some reasons for their predictions of the future • Are they starting to get a picture of the variety of foods and activities and how these have changed?           Teacher Notes     The curriculum areas covered in this learning activity include: Society and Environment – Past, present and future, generations, timelines Health and PE – food and physical activity choices of different generations Other skills students will learn or develop include: Sharing, investigating, brainstorming, reflecting, communicating, working online, exploring, interviewing, construction and use of tables, working in groups and individually. Here are some physical activity ideas that you may like to try with your class: Hopscotch - Try this link for further ideas   Elastics   Tunnel ball   Sevens     Extension Activity     Students develop a timeline that shows significant changes and continuities in the variety of foods and physical activities from the past, present, and their predictions for the future. Students should include in the timeline recipes for a variety of foods eaten at particular periods of time and the description or rules to favourite games. Encourage students to show how innovations in food technology have changed and how food is prepared. Students should describe how physical activities and games have changed over time.           Weblinks     These websites may help with generating timelines and build up ideas of timelines Food timeline http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html Timeline Generation Tools http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768872.html           .:. top       Privacy Policy  |  Disclaimer  |  Sitemap  |  Contact Us   Registered trade marks. Kellogg (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. authorised user. ™ Trade Mark.