Lesson Plan Report


INTRODUCTION

There is the need for students whose activities demand a lot of energy not withstanding their growing developing mind, takes in good amount of balanced diet at the appropriate time.

It has been clear throughout the lesson taught that 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.

Students during the lesson learnt a lot, things they took for granted, were a vital part in their quest to learn effectively. They understood the importance of a balance diet to the student. They also use information resource technology from the Internet, software’s, which is departure from the normal textbooks they often use Seeking, processing, presenting their results and storing their notes on diskettes instead of books. To crown it all they understood the adage “a sound mind in a healthy body” 

SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES

The preparations before the lesson really help. Types of meals prepared, handout given, testing the networking of the computers and storing the down loaded web pages on drive C of the server. The software was tested. These made it possible to have a smooth lesson.

The most challenging part of the lesson was the light outages, though the handout could help it did not contain all the necessary information.Another thing was the when a diskette could not be open(assess denied) though it had been tested. The food the students’ brought could not be scientifically tested to know the amount and proportion of the components present.

CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND LOGISTICS

The school computer laboratory has twenty (20) computers and a server that are not working. They were previously linked to the Internet but because we owe Africa Online, our lines have been disconnected. The software support base is good to store and use downloaded material from the Internet either on a disc or a diskette. Students were able to finish their work, three students were allocated one computer of which each student spent thirty (30) minutes of the one twenty (120) for a class of sixty (60) students. The remaining thirty (30) minutes was used for a group discussions and presentation. One of the three-member groups at least had a prior knowledge of word processing using Microsoft Word that helped with the work of the group

SUGGESTED CHANGES

An electronic balance could have been used to weigh the various component of a balanced diet before cooking the sample meals. I would advice other teachers to take accurate measurement to obtain a scientific base of a balance diet for a teacher.

FEEDBACK

One of my students’ commented,“Sir! What I have learnt had really confirmed the adage ‘a sound mind in a healthy body’ “. The students were overwhelmed of the current information on the website visited as compared to their textbooks. The students also were happy about how fast they could process their notes and slides for presentation using templates. There was no need to clean the blackboard. There was an automatic spell check for them. Some parents thanked me for the correction of the obese child who has stopped eating toffees and cookies all the time. My colleague teachers asked me why the students talked about balance diet in the school that much to the extent that the prefects had compiled the school administrators to ensure that those who sell food in the school to sell only balance diet meal.

ASSESSMENT

The students were assessed based on goals and performance objectives.

The use of search engines to assess relevant information from the Internet,

at least three websites address on nutrition and balance diet took 10%. 

The meals they prepared from the house took 10%. 

The process of information gathered using MS Word took 10%. 

The presentation of their discussed out come on the Power point took 20%. 

Their group members also assessed individual student that took 10% 

Presentation of the project in the school magazine took 10% 

Quiz on the project took 20%. 

Classroom participation took 10%. 



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