Science

Food and nutrients

An AR classroom game for Grade 3. 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.

01
Match each nutrient to what it does.
- protein
- carbohydrate
- fat
- vitamins
Read the explanation
Each food group does something different for the body.
02
Match each food to its main nutrient.
- rice
- egg
- vegetable oil
- orange
Read the explanation
Each food is rich in a different nutrient.
03
Match each food group to an example.
- group 1
- group 2
- group 3
- group 4
Read the explanation
Eating from all five food groups keeps the body strong.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Matches nutrients to their jobs, foods to their main nutrient, Thai food groups 1-4 to examples, and eating habits to their health effects. Fits ว 1.2 ป.3/1 (what humans need to live and grow) and ป.3/2 (looking after yourself with proper food).

What's in the worksheet

4 questions, a matching game with four pairs each - Match protein to builds and repairs the body, and carbohydrate to main source of energy - Match egg to protein and orange to vitamin C - Match group 1 to meat and eggs, and group 4 to fruit - Match eating very sweet food to risks tooth decay and weight gain

How to use it in class

Use it after children have written down one of their own lunches, about 6 minutes in teams. After question 3, have them sort their lunch items into groups and spot the missing group. Mention that the game shows groups 1-4 only; group 5 is fats. Question 4 leads into a talk about sweet drinks sold outside school. You can link it to a class and record it in the gradebook. In English mode the labels group 1 to group 4 assume the Thai food-group numbering (1 protein, 2 carbohydrate, 3 vegetables, 4 fruit, 5 fats); explain it before playing.

Common sticking points

- Question 3: swapping group 1 and group 2, not remembering the numbering. Use the Thai five-food-groups song as a memory aid. - Question 1: swapping carbohydrate and fat since both give energy. Separate them: carbohydrate is the main supply, fat is the store. - Question 3: swapping vegetables and fruit, thinking they are one group.