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Description of Resource
Teachers, who use instructional
video report that their students retain more information, understand concepts
more rapidly and are more enthusiastic about what they are learning. With video
as one component in a thoughtful lesson plan, students often make new
connections between curriculum topics, and discover links between these topics
and the world outside the classroom (NTTI National Technical Teaching
Institute).
This video was created by our group as a supporting resource to teachers when teaching students about Caribbean Food Groups. It was specifically created to briefly take students away from the classroom and on a field trip; albeit in their minds, using music and scenes from everyday activities. This resource can be incorporated in lesson planning in the following subject areas; integrated science, social studies and food and nutrition. Using a constructivist approach, teachers can use this resource to build students’ knowledge, by showing the video and then stimulating discussion about the topic. This video resource does the following;
- reaches children with a variety of learning styles,
especially visual learners, and students with a variety of information
acquisition styles
- engage students in problem-solving and investigative
activities
- help students practice media literacy and critical
viewing skills
- provide a common experience for students to discuss
Lesson Plan
Grade: 7
Topic: Healthy living
Subtopic:
Food
Groups
Duration: 80
minutes
Objectives: After
viewing a video the students will be able to correctly
Cognitive
domain
·
List the six Caribbean
Food Groups
·
Provide examples of
each food group
Psychomotor
domain
·
Plan a meal using the
food wheel
Affective
domain
·
Value the importance of
meal planning for healthy eating
Prerequisite
Knowledge: students already know the definition of food groups
Process skills: observing,
communicating, classifying,
Teaching Approach: Constructivism
Teaching Strategy: discussion,
questioning
Materials: markers, video,
projector, laptop, screen, foam plates, Bristol board, chalk, chalkboard
Content:
Nutrition in the Caribbean is not governed by
the food pyramid but by the 'wheel' or 'plate'. In our region there are six
food groups:
Staples e.g. rice, ground
provisions, starchy fruits (green bananas, breadfruit, plantains), pasta, corn,
crackers, flour and flour products (bread, roti, bake, cake, cookies), cereals
(oats, cream of wheat, sago, cornflakes.
Dark Green, Leafy and Yellow
Vegetables e.g. spinach, cucumbers, broccoli, tomatoes, carailli, ochro,
cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, bodi, carrots, pumpkin, squash
Fruits e.g. oranges, paw paw,
apple, banana, sapodilla, caimite, grapes, watermelon, sugar apple, plums, W.I.
cherries, mango, passion fruit juice, fruit cocktail
Food from animals e.g. milk,
cheese, yogurt, sausages, eggs, poultry (chicken and turkey), seafood (fish,
crab, shrimp, lobster), meat (pork, beef, lamb, goat, duck)
Legumes e.g. nuts, peas and
beans
Fat and oils e.g. margarine,
butter, ghee, oil, coconut milk, avocado, salad dressing, mayonnaise dressing
To maintain healthy eating
habits and to have a balanced diet, it is important to utilize these food
groups with special emphasis on the healthier options within each group. The
daily intake of food for all humans should be proportionately represented as in
the plate, with the largest percentage from the staples group and the smallest
amount from the fats and oils group.
Introduction: Students
are given a riddle to which the answer is food. Students will be asked, what is
your favourite time for eating; breakfast, lunch or dinner? What is your favourite
occasion for eating? Students will give responses. Students and teacher will
engage in short discussion on responses. Teacher will introduce topic for
lesson as the Caribbean food groups.
Development:
Step one:
- Students will be told
that they are about to watch a video about Caribbean food groups. Students are
to pay close attention as they will be questioned after.
Step two
After viewing video completely,
students and teacher will engage in discussion which teacher will initiate by
asking the following questions:
1. How
many food groups were identified?
2. What
were the Caribbean food groups identified?
3. Can
you give examples of foods in these food groups?
4. What
did the food wheel show?
5. List
the food groups in order of proportion for a healthy diet
6. Why
do we have these proportions?
If students are uncertain or do not know
about a particular question, teacher will refer to part of video which answers
the question by playing it again for students.
Teacher will write main points from
discussion on the board.
Conclusion:
Teacher will summarize the main points of the lesson using the notes from the
board.
Assessment/Evaluation:
Students will be given Bristol board, markers and foam plate. Using food wheel
as guide students will plan and construct a healthy meal by drawing pictures of
foods and creating labels for them on the Bristol board. Students will attach
pictures to foam plate accordingly to show their meal.
Reflections
This assignment was the
more challenging assignment of the two. This was due to many constraints.
Putting a concept together was the easy part. This group is made up of two
Science teachers and one Social Studies teacher. Owing to the integrative
nature of Social Studies, coming up with a concept that suited both subjects
was done quickly. The challenge started from creating a storyboard for the
resource video and filtered down to the actual video itself to its submission.
My experience with this assignment has led me to the following conclusions:
- It is not an easy task as a teacher to
create and edit a resource video for your class for every lesson however;
teachers should be able to incorporate video into their lessons so that
students can view
experiences other than their own discussions inside the classroom. - Without the background knowledge of editing and video production, creating a resource video is very challenging but can be done through exploration.
- Teamwork is essential to complete tasks
like this. Depending on one person to do everything would disadvantage the
video of ideas and unique twists which one person may not be able to represent
solely.
The video was successful
in presenting Caribbean Food Groups, in a fun interactive way. The theme of the
video was Caribbean centred but did not ignore the international classroom. The
video editing was successful also and where video clips could not be inserted,
images sufficed. The group worked well together, bringing in their own flavour
(pun intended) to the pot. Our only shortcoming was time management as we had
to juggle the assignment with exams. In the end we were successful and the
video, though short is rich with information to be used in the Social Studies
and Science classroom. Erica Joseph
This class has definitely been an interesting
experience where I was able to push myself in order to meet the recommendations
for the assignments. This final assignment was more challenging than the first
mainly because of the time constraints we faced. This project was overwhelming
as we needed to finalise the lesson plan, storyboard and video all whilst
preparing for our respective exams. This therefore meant that everyone had to
sacrifice time which was originally set aside for studying the content of their
other courses. This time was then used to visit different locations to record
short clips and consolidate ideas into a single video. Putting the video
together turned out to be a daunting task as a lot of editing needed to be done
since so many clips were captured and needed to be sorted through. Finding and
using clips which showed different angles, getting the right music to
compliment them and using the right pace for the narration and timing the clip
appropriately were all hurdles we had to face. In short, this entire process
was extremely time consuming.
In the end, however, our expectations were met as the
video, lesson plan and story board all accomplished our common goal of
educating the students on the food groups through a fun and interactive medium.
After watching this video, the students should be able to make better food
choices as sufficient examples were given along with the downfalls of not
maintaining a proper diet. Najah Charlery
Knowing only the basics made me excited about
learning to do more in this EDET course. That excitement immediately changed to
apathy as soon as the assignments for this course came piling on; this one
especially. The process of creating this
video resource and all other components has given me a greater appreciation for
YouTube . I could not say hallelujah
enough times when we had finally completed all the varied tasks of this
assignment. I wanted to enjoy the
process but when you start off on the wrong foot, it is very hard, sometimes
impossible to change that feeling and turn it around.
After we had grouped ourselves, the first aspect
of this assignment required us to select a topic from our subject area and
consolidate our ideas into a storyboard to present to our classmates. That was
not a pleasant experience. Instead it left me bewildered and my group members
defeated to the point that we needed motivation from Aaliyah’s song, “If at
first you don’t succeed, pick yourself up and try again”. We did just that. Accepting the criticism well, we met again to
make necessary changes. Feeling excited about what we had accomplished, we were
ready to present our new and improved version. That worked out as well as the
first one. At this point, my group members and I were just ready to get this
done. We changed our topic entirely and started from scratch. We then settled
on a day where we went about the supermarkets, town and market place filming.
At times during filming, it felt like we were on a covert mission; a fun one
though as we had to devise ways not to be conspicuous.
The rest of the process
involved us putting the different videos shot, together into one final product
and sourcing information from various places. That was a long and tiring
endeavor. One that I am glad is over. I must say that teamwork work got me
through this assignment. I am thankful to my group members, for without them
and their valued knowledge and creativity, I am absolutely sure that this
assignment would not be completed. Andrea Peter
Great work guys
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