Overview

Students will learn about the 15 essential nutrients found in dairy, how they contribute to healthy development, and how they benefit the body.

Curriculum Alignment

Designed for grade 4 health and physical education curriculum, healthy living strand.

Activities

Start: Farmhouse
Game Play: 20 minutes

1. The Farmer explains the 15 nutrients contained within milk, which have been hidden around the house. Players must open all the chests containing nutrients.
2. Once completed, they must check-in with the Farmer, who will direct them to the decking at the back of the house.
3. Here, players must speak to Akim and Jenny. Jenny asks which vitamin would be most beneficial for night vision. Akim asks which food source is good for protein.
4. Once both questions are correctly answered, players are teleported to the Silos for a bonus task.

Overall Expectations

By the end of the lesson, students will:

D.1) Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to healthy development.

Specific Expectations

By the end of the lesson, students will:

D.1.1) Identify the key nutrients provided by foods and beverages, and describe their importance for growth, mental and physical health, learning, and physical performance.

Student Expectations

Demonstrate an understanding of what contributes to healthy development, and identify the key nutrients provided by foods/beverages that are important for growth.

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Overview

Students will learn about the different processes that change the state or matter of dairy into other foods like cheese, yogurt, and butter.

Curriculum Alignment

Designed for grade 5 science and technology curriculum, understanding matter and energy strand.

Activities

Start: Processing Plant
Game Play: 20 minutes

1. Player will be greeted by the Dairy Worker.
2. The Lab Technician will teach players about the States of Matter. The table display and diagrams on the wall will demonstrate examples of states of matter, as well as how states may change through heating or cooling. The book on the lectern will explain physical and chemical changes, and the key differences between the two.
3. Players must speak to the lab assistant to gain access to the kitchens. The Assistant will ask players if frying an egg is a chemical or physical change. The correct answer will open the doors to the kitchens and prompt players to go there next.
4. Players will need to create yogurt, cheese, and ice cream in the kitchens to answer if they are a chemical or physical change.
5. The correct answers will then unlock the butter kitchen.
6. Once a player has made butter and answered the question correctly, they will then head to the Biodigester for a bonus task.

Specific Expectations

3) Understanding Basic Concepts

By the end of the lesson, students will:

3.1) Identify matter as everything that has mass and occupies space.

3.2) Identify properties of solids, liquids, and gases and state examples of each.

3.3) Explain changes of state in matter and give examples of each.

3.4) Describe physical changes in matter as changes that are reversible.

3.5) Describe chemical changes in matter as changes that are irreversible.

3.6) Explain how changes of state involve the release of heat or the absorption of heat.

3.7) Identify indicators of a chemical change.

3.8) Distinguish between a physical change and a chemical change.

Student Expectations

Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of matter, changes of state, and physical and chemical change.

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