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__**Why we need to educate them:**__
Dietary is a large problem for Australia and it is becoming more and more apparent that young children are obese. Or on the verge of been overweight. As teachers it is our jobs to educate the children on living a healthy life style and encouraging them to make better decisions when it comes to what they are eating. Even in schools the canteens who are healthy canteens will still supply junk food which isn’t helping the children. The reason we need to educate children in this now is because if they start making the right choices now then they will be able to continue this through their life which will help them stay healthy and live longer.

__**Aim:**__
When growing up we all knew that we should have or two fruit and five veg. however in current years the percentage of child obesity is constantly increasing. This is a huge problem and one of the main reasons is that kids done want to be eating healthy food instead of fresh vegetables they want chips with tomato sauce. The aim of this activity is to show children that healthy eating isn’t just about eating broccoli or brussel sprouts and that instead it can actually be fun and enjoyable.

**__Task:__**
The task for healthy eating is an interactive quiz and also to create a menu which can be used by the school so it has to be a healthy menu. This can be either a group task or an individual task. To create their menu the children should use [|taste.com] (NewsLifeMedia, 2012) this will allow them to find many dishes which they can make using healthy ingredients. Also once they have done a few lessons of research then they are to complete a quiz as a class on an interactive board. This shows that they can still have lots of fun and it allows the children to use a brand new form of technology.

__**Lesson Plan:**__
This lesson plan has been created for ten lessons however it can be stretched out further over a longer period of time.
 * Day one-four: Introduce the children into healthy eating by using research using computers so that they can then take notes for their power point. This should take approximately one hour.
 * Day five: Now that the children have done a lot of research have them take a quiz on an interactive white board so that they can apply their new knowledge. The time taken for this may vary.
 * Day six: Since this is the start of the new week get the Children to look over there work and present their findings so far. This is just to make sure they are on the right track. Then introduce the large project which is to create a healthy menu the school can use for their canteen. Discuss what needs to be included which is vegetables, fruit and no junk food. This may take a few hours so break it up using other subjects such as fitness or maths, english, science.
 * Day seven and Eight: During these days allow around one or two hours for student to continue work on their power point and Menu.
 * Day Nine: Let the children do the finishing touches to their menu and power point. A few hours should be enough time to complete this task.
 * Day Ten: Get the class to present their work on their power point along with their menu.

__**New technologies:**__
Taste.com (NewsLifeMedia, 2012)on the computer: Taste is a social network which is used to create menus using a large range of recipes.

Interactive whiteboard: The interactive white board allows children to have hands on experience in learning and even though this is all about food. It won’t be messy.


 * __ Technology for students __**

For teachers to gain a better understanding on what children believe is required for healthy living, the interactive whiteboard found on the resource page contains a link where the children select foods and activities and move them into groups, 'What they need' or 'What they don't need' for basic survival. The technology involves the children using computers or projector screens to use the interactive resource.