Lesson 4 - Energy

• What energy is and where it comes from.
• Why energy is important for us to keep healthy & well.
• How we can maintain our energy levels.

Energy, food, healthy, low, high, slow release, quick release, activity, sleep, rest, calories, tired, strength, maintain and boost.

• Supports pupils understanding of what energy is and where it comes from.
• Supports pupils to understand the risks of an inactive lifestyle, including obesity.
• Helps pupils to learn what constitutes a healthy diet.

• Lesson PPT.
• Paper, pen, and colours.
• Charades Cards.

• Introduce the session with the lesson objectives.
• Group discussion: Ask pupils to discuss what energy is, how our body gets it and what we need it for.
• Invite pupils to feedback to the class and talk through slides 4 to 6.

• Charades group activity: Print out multiple sets of the charade’s cards on slide 8. Working in small groups, pupils must choose a card from their pack and take it in turns to act out the activity whilst the remainder of the group guesses and swaps over.
• Activity: Pupils must now place their cards in a line and order them starting with the one that uses the most amount of energy down to the activity which uses the least amount of energy. Discuss their answers as a whole class.
• Explain what an energy balance is using slide 10.
• Activity: Ask pupils to work in pairs to divide and write down all the foods on slide 11 into two different categories – slow release and quick release energy. Talk through the reasons why they have divided the foods in the way they have.
• Getting the right balance activity: Ask pupils to write down which food are best for giving them energy and for keeping them healthy.

• Pairs Activity: Ask pupils to write down how they feel when they do and don’t have energy.
• Pairs activity: Ask pupils to design their own energy busting plan for when they don’t feel great. They can draw out the types of things they could do to boost their energy.
• Reflection time: Ask pupils to think about 3 things they have learnt today and what they will do differently this week.