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Health and Physical Education
Food for school age
An AR classroom game for Grade 5. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.
This set has 4 rounds in an interactive matching activity.
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A look before you play
Sample questions
A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.
Match each nutrient to where it is found.
- iron
- Calcium
- vitamin C
- fibre
Read the explanation
Know where a nutrient lives and you can eat a full diet.
Match each deficiency to its signs.
- iron deficiency
- calcium deficiency
- vitamin A deficiency
- lack of fibre
Read the explanation
Each deficiency shows itself differently.
Match each meal to what to watch for.
- breakfast
- lunch
- dinner
- snack
Read the explanation
Each meal has its own pitfall.
Before you play
Game teaching guide
What children will practise
Know food sources of key nutrients, signs of deficiency, cautions for each meal, and how cooking methods change fat and nutrients, so children choose food that suits school age.
What's in the worksheet
4 matching rounds, 4 pairs each - Nutrient to source, e.g. iron with liver and dark leafy greens, fibre with vegetables and whole grains - Deficiency to symptom, e.g. lack of vitamin A with dry eyes and poor night vision, lack of fibre with constipation - Meal to caution, e.g. dinner: do not eat heavily close to bedtime - Cooking method to effect, e.g. boiling loses some vitamins into the water, grilling: avoid charred bits
How to use it in class
Use in the food for school age unit; about 6 minutes. - Play in teams; rounds 1 and 2 share nutrients, so let teams link sources with deficiency signs themselves - Tie round 4 to how today's school lunch was cooked - Afterwards, have children write one dinner menu of their own that includes fibre - Play it linked to the class to record results in the mark book.
Common sticking points
- Round 2: few children know vitamin A deficiency causes poor night vision, so it is left till last, while iron and calcium go better - Round 1: vitamin C with sour fruit is usually fine, but children who never eat offal may not know liver is rich in iron - Round 4: boiling losing vitamins sounds like a drawback, which may confuse children who think boiling is the healthiest - Round 3: 'choose from every group' fits every meal, so it may be matched to breakfast; that is not wrong thinking, so accept it and say which pairing the game counts
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