Science activity, indicated to students of the fourth year of elementary school, with questions about food relations of living beings.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
1) Mark a (T) for true and (F) for false in the statements below, about food:
(___) The diet should be balanced and varied, consisting of foods that provide the sufficient amount of nutrients that the body needs.
(___) A person who eats hamburgers, French fries, pizza, hot dogs, forgetting vegetables, fruits and milk, will certainly have a lack of some nutrients and an excess of others.
(___) The ideal is to have a balanced and healthy diet.
(___) Food does not work as fuel for the body.
(___) We can eat potato chips, pizza, hot dogs every day as these foods provide enough energy for our body.
(___) Human beings do not need energy from food to perform all daily activities and have a healthy development.
2) Relate nutrients to their main functions:
1 - Proteins
2 - Carbohydrates
3 – Fats and lipids
4 - Vitamins
5 - Mineral salts
(___) They help in the proper functioning of the organism.
(___) They perform vital functions in our body, such as the formation of bones and teeth, muscle contraction and blood clotting.
(___) Replace cells and tissues and are responsible for growth, for building the body.
(___) Main source of energy for the body.
(___) Also considered a source of energy, they are stored in the body to supply the lack of carbohydrates if they are ingested in smaller amounts.
3) Think about your daily meals and draw some foods you usually consume:
4) Now draw some foods that are considered healthy:
5) Compare your drawing of activity 3 with that of activity 4 and answer: Is your diet healthy?
A:
6) Relate foods to the nutrients they provide to our body when they are consumed:
1 - Proteins
2 - Carbohydrates
3 – Fats and lipids
4 - Vitamins
5 - Mineral salts
(___) Bread, pasta, rice, flour, sweets and potatoes.
(___) Fish, vegetables, vegetables and fruits.
(___) Eggs and table salt, some vegetables.
(___) Milk, eggs, meat, beans and fish.
(___) Butter, oil, fats and margarine.
Per Rosiane Fernandes – Graduated in Letters and graduated in Special Education.
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