Key Stage 3
Year : 8 Lesson number: ___
Time: _______________
Date: ____/____/_______
Lesson title: Nutrition know - how
Curriculum links
Country
Curriculum Links
England
Northern
Ireland
Design and Technology: Cooking and nutrition - understand and apply the principles of nutrition and health
Leaning for life and work: Home economice-Healthy eating - explore ways to achieve a healthy diet, for
example, an understanding of the current dietary recommendations and how they can be applied to food
choice and preparation and diet related disorders as a consequence of poor food choice
Design and Technology: Food - apply current healthy eating messages in relation to the nutritional needs of
different groups in society and consider issues of sustainability in order to make informed choices when
planning, preparing and cooking meals or products
Wales
Learning
Learning objective
To list the key
nutrients, including
their source and
function.
To interpret
nutrition labels
according to
nutrition
information
provided.
Learning outcomes
Students will recall the source and functions of nutrients.
Students will be able to select food products at point of purchase according to
information provided by the food labels.
Teaching and learning activities
Time
Activity
0
Welcome and registration
Introduce the learning objectives.
5
Play the Digi Bite video Healthy balanced diet. (3 ½ minutes) Explain
to the students they will be looking at healthy eating and
government guidelines.
10
Work through the Introduction to nutrition, asking students to keep
notes on the main points on their note sheets. Challenge them to
investigate nutrient sources and functions.
Explain to the students that the note sheets they will complete will
be used in the next activity.
30
Speed dating activity about nutrients
Each student will require their note sheet and a Which nutrient are
you? worksheet. Pass around a box of nutrient labels and ask each
student to select one. Arrange two lines of chairs either side, facing
each other. Ask the students to take a seat and explain that they will
be given two minutes to take turns asking each other ‘yes’ or ‘no’
questions about the nutrient they selected. Each student must be
careful not to reveal the nutrient they have selected, but must
Resources and
equipment
Lesson plan
Website or the video
file
Introduction to
nutrients PowerPoint
presentation and
copies of the note
sheet
Copies of the Which
nutrient are you?
worksheet
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answer each question honestly. Students should complete the
worksheet Which nutrient are you as they speak to the person. After
two minutes only one row of students moves along one seat. If there
are odd numbers in the class, a chair can be placed at one end of the
line, where the student can review their notes for two minutes
before taking the spare seat at the top of the row.
50
55
Ask students to feedback their findings from the speed dating and
determine if anyone was able to discover which nutrient a student
has selected.
Outline the homework task which involves students reading
nutrition labels on food packaging.
Copies of the
Pack up
homework
Nutrition labelling
investigation
Plenary
Pose the following questions to the students.
 List the macronutrients.
 Name a water soluble vitamin.
 What is the function of protein?
Remind students about their homework.
Homework

Complete the worksheet Nutrition labelling investigation homework.
Further information and support (for the teacher)
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www.meatandeducation.com
www.nutrition.org.uk
© Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2014. This resource may be reproduced and used in all educational settings.