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Media and health

Health and Physical Education

Media and health

An AR classroom game for Grade 4. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice 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.

  1. How does food advertising persuade you?

    • Attractive pictures and emotional words
    • Clearly stating the sugar content
    • Having a doctor explain all the facts
    Read the explanation

    With beautiful pictures and stirring words, rather than nutrition figures.

  2. What should you do before believing health information online?

    • Check that lots of people liked and shared it
    • Check that it comes from a reliable source
    • Believe it if a celebrity mentions it
    Read the explanation

    Check that it comes from a reliable source, such as a public health body.

  3. What does too much screen time do?

    • You fall asleep easily because your eyes are tired
    • It affects only adults
    • Sore eyes, sore neck and trouble sleeping
    Read the explanation

    Sore eyes, a sore neck, and trouble sleeping.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Become media-literate about health: see how food ads persuade, check health information sources, know the effects of long screen time, use the 20-20-20 rule, doubt products claiming to cure everything, and see the harm of sharing false information.

What's in the worksheet

6 multiple-choice questions, 3 options each - Food ads use beautiful images and emotional words - Check that health information comes from a reliable source (distractor: a celebrity mentioned it) - Long screen time brings sore eyes, a stiff neck and poor sleep - The 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds - Products claiming to cure everything are suspect; sharing false information leads people to wrong treatment

How to use it in class

Use in the media and health unit; about 6 minutes. - Before playing, show a short snack advert and ask whether it showed any sugar information - Do the 20-20-20 rule straight after question 4: look out of the window and count to 20 - For question 5, have children recall exaggerated claims they have seen online, e.g. whiter skin in 7 days - Play it linked to the class to record results in the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Question 4: 'every 20 minutes, close your eyes for 20 seconds' starts like the answer and sounds restful, so many pick it; stress looking far away to relax the eye muscles - Question 3: 'you fall asleep easily because your eyes are tired' sounds logical to children; explain screen light keeps the brain awake - Question 5: 'trustworthy if a doctor is in the advert' works because children trust white coats; explain the person may be an actor - Question 6: 'fine if shared with good intentions' is exactly what adults in LINE groups say