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Pupil’s Book Grade 4
Zambian Basic Education Course
Government of the Republic of Zambia
Ministry of Education
NUTRITION EDUCATIONSupplementary Material
NUTRITION EDUCATIONPupil’s Book Grade 4
© Curriculum Development Centre, Zambiaand
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2007
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Zambian Basic Education Course
NUTRITION EDUCATION
Supplementary Material
Pupil’s Book Grade 4
Authors:
Mukelabai Songiso
Simon Hikaula
Janet L. Shamapango
Tomy B. Zulu
Illustration, Layout & Design: Mel Futter
Technical collaboration and� nancial support by
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© Curriculum Development Centre, Zambiaand
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2007
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ISBN 9982-54-003-3
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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
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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.
CHAPTER 1
OUR FOOD
LESSON 1 WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM?
What foods can you see in the picture?How are people getting these foods?
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Activity 2
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
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?
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.
FOOD COMES FROM MANY PLACES.
For example, ...........
My dietFOODS I EAT OFTEN
Make a list: cassava nshima ............ pumpkin leaves ............ ......................................... ......................................... .........................................
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Chapter 1: Lesson 1
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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 ......................................................................
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Chapter 1: Lesson 1
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We need some cooking oil.
I don’t have red palm oil.
But red palm oil is cheaper.
Yes but it tastes strange.
Red palm oil is very good
for you. It gives you energy.
OK. I’ll get some!
LESSON 2 FOODS WE BUYLook at the picture. What are these people doing?
READING
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?
We want red palm oil.
We like the taste.
It keeps you healthy
too.
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Chapter 1: Lesson 2
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Who is shopping in the Reading picture?What do they want? Why do they want it?Do they buy it? Why? / Why not?
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, .......................
Name of food .........................
Availability We can eat it all year because.....................
OR We cannot eat it all year because...............
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.
My dietSHOPPING
I am good at shopping.I know the right prices for..............................................I know good quality – forexample, ...........................................................................
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Chapter 1: Lesson 2
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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 May June
Activity 6
Choose one food.
Say when it can be eaten. - All year? - Only in one season? Why?
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Chapter 1: Lesson 3
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My dietWHAT I EAT AND WHENAll the year we eat ......................................Part of the year we eat .....................................
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?
REMEMBER
HOMEWORK
A Choose one food. What kind of food is it? (for example, fruit, vegetable). Ask your family.
B 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 .............................................................................
WE NEED GOOD FOOD ALL THE YEAR. For example, .......
Take thismessage
home
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Chapter 1: Lesson 3
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LESSON 4 WHAT KINDS OF FOOD ARE THERE?
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.
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
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Chapter 1: Lesson 4
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Cereals Roots & tubers Vegetables Fruits
maize cassava pumpkin leaves mango
Animal foods Legumes Fats, oils, sugars Flavourings
eggs soya beans red palm oil salt
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:
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Chapter 1: Lesson 4
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WE MUST EAT ALL KINDS OF FOOD. For example, ............
ASK YOURSELF
What kinds of food do I eat most? Cereals? Roots and tubers? Vegetables? Fruits? Oil and fat? Animal foods? Legumes?
REMEMBER
My dietTHE KINDS OF FOOD I EAT
I eat a lot of....................
I eat quite a lot of..........
I eat some.......................
I eat a little......................
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..........................
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Chapter 1: Lesson 4