Summary Match animal feed (e.g. horse) with the nutrition they provide Science content Biology: Features, Adaptations of Living Things (K, 1, 3, 7) Science competencies (+ questioning + manipulation + others that are in every activity) Processing/analyzing: classifying data, finding patterns (1 up) Materials Dishes of dried horse foods, labelled with their name and the nutrition they are rich in: Fresco. Lots of vitamins. Alfalfa and hay. Lots of fibre. Performance pellets. Lots of protein. Rice bran. Lots of fat. Images of human foods, ideally with nutrition label: fruits and vegetables [vitamins] bread and pasta [fibre] milk and eggs [protein] vegetable oil [fat] Procedure Find the horse foods on the table. Notice that they each provide different nutrients: fibre, protein, fat and vitamins We need the same nutrients. Match each human food with the horse food that provides the same nutrition. Grades taught Gr 1 Gr 2
