Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids

ACTIVITY: Classifying food into the dierent food
groups
MATERIALS:
• Collect wrappers and packaging material, like boxes and tins,
of the foods you eat and bring these to school.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Work in groups of 2or 3.
2. Choose the 3foods that you think are the most healthy to eat
from the dierent wrappers and boxes that you have in your
group. Write a reason next to each of these 3choices why
you think they are really healthy.
3. Locate the LIST OF INGREDIENTS on each food container.
You should have at least 10 dierent containers. (If you have
too few, swap with another group when they are finished with
theirs.)
4. Sort the dierent foods into the major food groups.
5. Record your work in the table below.
Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids
28 Life and Living
Vitamins &
Minerals