Name of Students:
Siobhán Kelly
Caroline Anne Whelan
Title of Assignment: Healthy Living Webquest
Information on Webquest
Target class: 6th
Duration: Children will work on this Webquest for two hours every week for four weeks, which will give each member of the team the opportunity to complete their task. During the fifth week the team members will give their oral and visual presentations.
Science
Strand:
Living Things
Strand Unit:
Human Life
Learning Objectives:
1. Develop an understanding of the importance
of food for energy and growth.
2. Understand the importance of a balanced
and healthy diet.
3. Design a balanced and nutritious menu
for a younger child.
4. Identify the dangers of smoking on a
healthy body.
5. Understand the importance of caring for
your teeth.
Social
Personal and Health Education
Strand: Myself
Strand Unit:
Taking care of my body
Learning Objectives:
1. Exploring and examining the food pyramid.
2. Recognise some of the important nutrients
that are necessary in a balanced diet and the food products in which they
are found.
3. Realise how increased activity or involvement
in physical activities can require increased attention to body care.
4. Explore some of the reasons why people
smoke, drink alcohol, misuse any kind of substances or take drugs that
have no medical use.
English
Strand:
Developing cognitive abilities through language
Competence and confidence in using language
Receptiveness to language
Strand Unit: Oral
Language
Learning Objectives:
1. Present a presentation to the younger
classes and answer oral questions put to them on the topic.
2. Converse freely and confidently on their
particular topic within the task.
Strand Unit:
Reading
Learning Objectives:
1. Retrieve and interpret information presented
to them on a website.
2. Read and interpret different kinds of
functional texts i.e. menus and recipes.
Strand Unit:
Writing
Learning Objectives:
1. Enable team members to write in wide
variety of genres i.e. menu and information leaflet.
2. Write for a particular purpose and particular
audience in mind.
Art
Strand: Print
Strand Unit: Making
Prints
Learning Objectives:
1. Enable the child to make prints for functional
uses i.e. poster
The children will work collaboratively and co-operatively in groups. This will promote social interaction between the group members and enable them to assign and adhere to their specific roles.
The children will understand the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and identify factors that may inhibit this healthy lifestyle.
The children will have the opportunity to synthesise the information that they have collected on the Internet and present it via a presentation to the younger class.
