Nutrition Panel Decoder with Worksheets for Food Tech and PE – Digital

Product Description

Do your students have difficulty understanding the nutrient requirements for various groups within the life cycle? Do they struggle to interpret nutritional information panels?

This resource includes student-friendly activity sheets for years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Each nutrition panel decoder explains how to understand nutritional information panels in a simple manner. The nutritional panel decoder is suitable for secondary students and presents a clear visual structure that increases engagement and learning in the classroom.

Nutritional information panels outline the components of processed food and if students can understand the tables with clarity, they can make more informed choices. Understanding and accessing nutritional panels are also imperative to Food Technology content throughout Stage 4, 5 and 6.

Pack includes:

• 10 x A5 double sided nutrition panel decoder for:
  • Pregnant women
  • Infants
  • Childhood
  • Preteens
  • Adolescent boys
  • Adolescent girls
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Elderly women
  • Elderly man
• 11-pages of student worksheets
  • 2-page worksheet activity for Years 7 and 8
  • 2-page worksheet activity for Year 9
  • 2-page worksheet activity for Year 10
  • 5-page worksheet activity for Year 11

Relevant to:

Food Technology

Year 7 and Year 8, 2-page worksheet activity

Technology Mandatory Years 7–8 Syllabus (2017)

• Explore the nutritional needs of a group of people e.g. adolescents, toddlers.
• Acquire and interpret data, for example: nutritional information panels, e.g. saturated fat, sugar content.
• Plan nutritious dish(es) to suit a group within society

NSW Food Technology 7–10 Syllabus (2019)

Year 9, 2-page worksheet activity

• Investigate nutritional requirements throughout the life cycle, for example: pregnancy, infancy, adolescence.
• Plan and prepare nutritious meals to meet the needs of specific groups throughout the life cycle

Year 10, 2-page worksheet activity

• Describe nutritional requirements for each stage of the lifecycle.
• Investigate Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI) for various life stages and design and prepare meals to meet specific groups.

NSW Food Technology Stage 6 Syllabus (2013)

Year 11, 5-page worksheet activity

• Investigate the recommended dietary intake of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals for particular individuals and groups using appropriate data such as RDI tables in print or electronic format
• select foods to provide a balanced intake of nutrients for particular individuals and groups to meet a variety of nutritional needs
• use suitable preparation methods to optimise the nutritional value of foods
• assess meals/diets in regard to meeting nutritional needs throughout the life cycle
• plan, prepare, present and evaluate meals/diets that address the needs for optimal nutrition throughout the life cycle

PDHPE K–10 Syllabus (2018)

Year 9 – Year 10 outcome

• • PD5-7 – plans, implements and critiques strategies to promote health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity in their communities

Year 9 – Year 10 dot point

• • analyse the contextual factors that have an impact on the health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity of individuals and groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
    – explore sources of nutritional information and investigate influences on food choices, diet and habits, eg families, advertising

BSSS ACT Curriculum Food For Life A/M Classification: A

Nutrition

• Nutritional needs of different groups related to stages of the lifespan

BSSS ACT Curriculum Food Science & Management Classification: T

Nutrition

• Nutritional needs of different groups related to stages of the lifespan

AQA Britain GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition (8585)

3.2 Food, Nutrition and Health

3.2.3 Nutritional needs and health

3.2.3.1 Making informed choices for varied and balanced diet

• nutritional needs for the following life stages: young children, teenagers, adults and the elderly

WA SCSA Food Science & Technology YR 12 ATAR

Unit 3: Food Diversity and Equity

Nature of Food

Nutrition

• use of food selection models and the Australian Dietary Guidelines to evaluate the nutritional needs of population groups

 WA SCSA ATAR Food Science & Technology YR 11 ATAR

 Unit 2: The Undercover Story

Nature of Food

Nutrition

• nutritional needs of demographic groups, such as adolescents and adults

Britain AQA GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition (8585)

3.5 Food Choice

3.5.1.3 Food Labelling and marketing influences

how to interpret nutritional labeling

SACE SA Food & Hospitality Stage 1 and Stage 2

Area of Study 1: Food, the Individual, and the Family

• nutritional needs throughout life and how these are met by the food and hospitality industry