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EATING AFFECTS LEARNING

Subject: BIOLOGY PHYSICS MANAGEMENT & GEOGRAPHY

Grade Level: SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, LEVELS: 1, 2 & 3

Introduction:

It has been clear throughout the project lesson taught, “ a sound mind is in a healthy body” the dietary requirement of human changes. This depends on their sex, age, activity, body size and the temperature of the environment. The balance diet for a student must contain carbohydrates, protein, fat, water, vitamins and mineral salts and dietary fibre in the correct proportion. The biology aspect looked at balance diet, its component and their importance to the developing mind of students. The physics aspect looked at the malnutrition example lack of vitamin A that results in bad vision “ night blindness” and as such illumination will also affect learning. The management aspect looked at how to manage time of eating and the amount of food eating before learning. While the geography aspect worked on the survey using questionnaire to assess an authentic broad based data from people about how eating affects learning.

LESSON GOALS

Student must understand the need to take in a balanced diet with all the seven classes of food containing all the essential nutrients, students must know and share with their peers that the brain needs nutrients to develop and consumes a lot of energy from nutrients for its function.
Student must know and share with their peers that an unbalanced diet can lead to poor brain development and sickness which can even keep one out of school in the state of malnutrition.
Students must know that the amount of food they take in, whether balanced or unbalanced diet at the wrong time can make one lazy and especially if it is just before a class or learning, the energy needed to digest the food is a lot just as the brain needs to process and store information.
Students must be able to use their knowledge from a lesson taught to develop questionnaire administer it analyze it and present the out come in a magazine or newsprint.
Students must be able to utilize technological tools: Internet resources, process words, analyze data, and present the out come using the computer.
Understand the relationship that exists between appropriate timing of meals and proper functioning of the human body that has a direct link to ones productivity as a student.
Teachers and students must be able to develop a WebPages of their work so that the whole world can gain from their knowledge.

Participants:

	STEPHEN NKETIA I am tutor at Technology Secondary School in KumasiAshanti Region, Ghana.I teach Biology and Integrated Science in SSS 1,2 and 3. I hold Diploma in education, Bsc. Biological Sciences and Msc. Biochemistry (food science). I enjoy listening to soft gospel music, watching detective movies, reading about health and doing project with students. [email protected] Project Lesson Plan.
	APPIAH-FEI ABRAHAMI am a tutor at Kumasi Technical Institute in Kumasi Ghana. I teach Electronics to electrical technician students in part 3.I am currently pursuing Bsc.Education at University of Education, Winneba (Kumasi Campus) in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.I have thaught for 22yearsand married with 3 children. [email protected] Project Lesson Plan.
	PAUL AGYIR_MENSAHI am Paul Egyir Mensah, a fourth-year Secretarial and Management Studies student of University of Education, Winneba (Kumasi Campus) in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. I am currently on one-year teaching practice at Accra Academy (a Senior Secondary School in Accra), teaching the first years Business Management. I personally enjoy using the computer to explore whenever I get access to one. I also enjoy listening to soft gospel music, watching detective movies and reading Management books and novels. [email protected] Project Lesson Plan.
	DANIEL KWAME ZANEYI am Daniel kwame Zaney I teach Geography to first, second and third year students in Tema Secondary School. I like watching movies, reading geography books and writing friends through the E-mail. [email protected] Project Lesson Plan.

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