Nutrition / Food / Keeping Healthy

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

	Intrapersonal	Interpersonal	Spacial	Kinesthetic	Musical	Verbal / Linguistic	Logical / Mathematical
Remember	Tell how you feel when selecting food to eat.	In groups, gather pictures of healthy / nutritious foods.	Make a food collage.	Mime how you feel when: hungry full.	Make a kitchen symphony using utensils eg beaters, spoons, tongs, pots, graters etc.	List foods at a party.	Group fruits and vegetables - graph the favourites.
Understand	Compile a list of healthy junk food.	Talk to your partner about your favourite snack.	Create a food ‘maze’.	Mime eating different foods - guess what they are eg pie, mango, apple, banana, soup	Sing ‘Ten Fat Sausages’ or ‘Mustard on a sandwich’.	Write a menu for a health shop.	Conduct a survey on how much fruit is eaten at school each day.
Applying	Create a mind map on ‘Keeping healthy’.	Play ‘celebrity heads’ with fruit / vegetables / meat / dairy etc.	Design a poster for ‘keeping healthy’.	Demonstrate some movement exercises for keeping fit.	Clap rhythm of words associated with food eg sticky bananas, pineapple, watermelon.	Create a glossary of cooking terms eg whisk steam knead stir-fry.	Make a time-line or flow chart or checklist of personal care habits in a day.
Analysing	Express your feelings about ads on T V about food.	Interview a food eg potato, hamburger, pizza, lettuce.	Develop a jigsaw puzzle of a food item.	Teach other students how to: * wash hands * peel an apple * clean teeth * play a game.	Develop and perform a ‘jingle’ for food advertising.	Write a recipe for a ‘healthy’ dish.	Do a PMI on a food group.
Evaluating	Imagine how you would feel if you avoided vegies and fruit?	Talk to someone about ideas for improving people’s diets.	Collect food ads from magazines. Discuss.	Develop a diet / fitness program for yourself or children.	Make a ‘food’ instrument and evaluate its effectiveness.	Complete a report on a food including: origin, recipe, drawing its taste, when to eat it etc.	Plan a healthy meal and gain costings for ingredients.
Creating	Make a class book with individual’s favourite recipes. (Must be healthy.)	Design a morning tea menu for school. (Healthy and reasonably priced.)	Design a wall mural related to ‘keeping healthy’.	Make a fruit salad or soup or stir-fry vegies.	Perform a musical item. (Sing, move, food instrument.)	Write a poem eg food, fitness, cleanliness	Start with an answer and make up questions.