Pupil s Book Grade 4

Zambian Basic Education Course Government of the Republic of Zambia Ministry of Education NUTRITION EDUCATION Supplementary Material Pupil s Book Grade 4

Zambian Basic Education Course NUTRITION EDUCATION Supplementary Material Pupil s Book Grade 4 Mukelabai Songiso Simon Hikaula Authors: Janet L. Shamapango Tomy B. Zulu Technical collaboration and nancial support by Illustration, Layout & Design: Mel Futter

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CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 OUR FOOD... 1 CHAPTER 2 FOOD FOR LIVING... 15 CHAPTER 3 OUR DIET... 43 CHAPTER 4 KEEPING CLEAN... 55 CHAPTER 5 DIARRHOEA... 79 CHAPTER 6 MALARIA...94 APPENDIX ONE Glossary... 106 APPENDIX TWO Take-home messages... 107

CHAPTER 1 OUR FOOD You are going to learn and talk about: o where food comes from o what kinds of food there are o what foods are good for you o why food is needed in the body o why you should eat different types of food o how often you should eat in a day o which people have special food needs o what makes a good diet. LESSON 1 WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM? What foods can you see in the picture? How are people getting these foods? 1

Chapter 1: Lesson 1 Activity 1 Tell each other what food you ate yesterday. Say where it came from. What food do we produce at home? What food do we get from elds? What food do we get from rivers and lakes? What food do we get from shops and markets? What food do we get from the bush? Activity 2 READING Food comes from many places. We produce some at home. Some food comes from the elds and farms. Other foods come from rivers and lakes. We get food from shops and markets. Some of our food comes from the bush. Choose one food. Describe the food. - Does it come from a plant or animal? - Where does it come from? - How do we get it? ASK YOURSELF What food do I eat often? Think of all the foods you eat often. REMEMBER My diet FOODS I EAT OFTEN Make a list: cassava nshima... pumpkin leaves............ FOOD COMES FROM MANY PLACES. For example,... 2

Chapter 1: Lesson 1 HOMEWORK A Ask your family: Which foods do we buy? Where? How much do they cost? B Written work: Draw a picture of one food. Write about it. Say where it comes from and how we get it. Then read your writing to your family. Name of food... Source It comes from... How we get it... 3

Chapter 1: Lesson 2 LESSON 2 FOODS WE BUY Look at the picture. What are these people doing? Activity 3 Where do we buy food? What food do we buy? How much do we buy each time? How much does it cost? How do we know it s good fresh? safe? READING We need some cooking oil. But red palm oil is cheaper. Yes but it tastes strange. We want red palm oil. I don t have red palm oil. We like the taste. Red palm oil is very good for you. It gives you energy. OK. I ll get some! It keeps you healthy too. 4

Who is shopping in the Reading picture? What do they want? Why do they want it? Do they buy it? Why? / Why not? Chapter 1: Lesson 2 Activity 4 Choose a food and pretend to go shopping. Talk about quality and price. ASK YOURSELF Do I know the right prices? Can I choose food well? Do I know what I want? REMEMBER BUY FRESH FOOD. BUY SAFE FOOD. PAY THE RIGHT PRICE. For example,... My diet SHOPPING I am good at shopping. I know the right prices for... I know good quality for example,...... HOMEWORK A Tell your family about the people in the Reading. B Written work: Find out about one food and write about it. Can we eat it all year? Why? Why not? Ask your family. Afterwards, read your writing to your family. Name of food... Availability OR We can eat it all year because... We cannot eat it all year because... 5

Chapter 1: Lesson 3 LESSON 3 WHEN CAN WE EAT IT? What month is it now? What season is it? When does this season begin and end? Activity 5 Copy the season clock. Draw lines across to divide the seasons. Draw the sun for the dry season. Draw the rain for the rainy season. THE SEASON CLOCK December November January October February September March August April July June May Activity 6 Choose one food. Say when it can be eaten. - All year? - Only in one season? Why? 6

Chapter 1: Lesson 3 READING We cannot eat all foods all through the year. Why not? - Many foods do not grow in the dry season. - Some foods cannot be stored. - Some foods are only available for a short time. - We are sometimes not allowed to catch or collect some foods. ASK YOURSELF What foods do we eat throughout the year? What foods do we eat for only part of the year? My diet WHAT I EAT AND WHEN All the year we eat... Part of the year we eat... REMEMBER WE NEED GOOD FOOD ALL THE YEAR. For example,... Take this message home HOMEWORK A B Choose one food. What kind of food is it? (for example, fruit, vegetable). Ask your family. Written work: How can we have many foods all year? Ask your family and write some answers. Then read your writing to your family. Two ways of having many foods all year 1) We can... 2) We can... 7

Chapter 1: Lesson 4 LESSON 4 WHAT KINDS OF FOOD ARE THERE? What different kinds of food are there? Name the food groups in the picture. Here are the names: CEREALS ROOTS AND TUBERS VEGETABLES ANIMAL FOODS BEANS, COWPEAS and NUTS (legumes) FRUITS FATS, OILS and SUGARS FLAVOURINGS KINDS OF FOOD Activity 7 What kind of food is a mango? What kind of food is maize? What kind of food are groundnuts? What kind of food is a sweet potato? Look at the picture and nd the kind of food. 8

Chapter 1: Lesson 4 READING - Cereals are plants which have a head of grains. - Roots and tubers grow under the ground. - Vegetables are plants we eat as food. - Fruits grow on trees and bushes. They have pips or seeds. - Animal foods are meat, sh, insects and birds, and things from animals (for example eggs and milk). - Beans, peas, groundnuts and bambara nuts are called legumes. They grow in pods. - Fats and oils are in many foods, but can be bought separately. - Sugars are also in many foods. They make food sweet. - Flavourings change the taste of food. Examples are salt and spices. Activity 8 Put more examples of foods into the table below: Cereals Roots & tubers Vegetables Fruits maize cassava pumpkin leaves mango Animal foods Legumes Fats, oils, sugars Flavourings eggs soya beans red palm oil salt 9

Chapter 1: Lesson 4 ASK YOURSELF What kinds of food do I eat most? Cereals? Roots and tubers? Vegetables? Fruits? Oil and fat? Animal foods? Legumes? My diet THE KINDS OF FOOD I EAT I eat a lot of... I eat quite a lot of... I eat some... I eat a little... REMEMBER WE MUST EAT ALL KINDS OF FOOD. For example,... HOMEWORK A Find out all the foods that are in one meal. Ask your family. Don t forget little things like avourings and oil. B Written work: Write about a meal you ate. What foods were in it? What kinds of foods were they? After you have nished, read your writing to your family. Foods in the meal Kind of food Example...cassava nshima......roots............... 10