NCERT CBSE

Science
Class 6th
Food: Where does it come from?

Lesson Plan Based on 5 E Approach

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Chapter 1 – Food: Where does it come from?

1.1 – Food Variety

1.2 – Food materials and sources
1.3 – Plant parts and Animal products as food
1.4 – What do animals eat?
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1.1 FOOD VARIETY

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• Teacher will ask the learners, “What did you have in your breakfast?”
• Learners will reply,
- I had roti
- I had dal and chawal
- I had an apple
- I had milk
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• Teacher will make a table on white board/ black board given below and ask the learners to
come and write what are the food items in the table made from
Food Items Ingredients
Roti
Dal and Chawal

Food Items Ingredients

• Learners will come and write –
Roti Wheat
Dal and Chawal Pulses, Spices, Rice, Salt, Water, Oil, Ghee

• Teacher will further ask, “what do you think Ingredients written in the
table means?”
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• Learner will answer –
- food items from which food is made is called ingredients
- food parts from which food is made is called ingredients
- food materials used to make food items is called ingredients.

• Teacher will agree and conclude – Materials which we use to prepare

a dish are called Ingredients.
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ELABORA
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• Teacher will showcase pictures of some dishes and ask the learners to
write down what ingredients are used to make those dishes in the
notebook.
• Learners will observe the images and write down in their notebooks.
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Q 1. Write down the definition of Ingredients.
Q 2. Match the followings:
Food Materials/ Ingredients Dishes
Pulses, salt, oil, water, onions, tomato Chawal
Water, Rice Dal
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1.2 FOOD MATERIALS AND SOURCES

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• Teacher will showcase gif of wheat grains transportation and paddy
field. And ask the learners to identify what it is.
• Learners will reply –
- it is wheat
- it is a man carrying wheat grains on cart
- it is sugarcane farm
- it is a farm
- it is a crop field
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• Teacher will showcase a table and ask the learners to fill where does the
ingredients in the table come from Food Item Ingredients Sources
Idli Rice, Dal, Salt, Water ?
Chicken Curry Chicken, Spices, Ghee, Oil, Water
• Learners will reply -
Food Item Ingredients Sources
Idli Rice Plant
Dal
Salt
Water
Chicken Curry Chicken Animal/ Hen/ Chicken
Species
Oil, Ghee Plants and Animals both
Water
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• Teacher will ask the learners name the ingredients that come from
plants, and which come from animals looking at the table.
• Learners will say rice, wheat, oil, sugar come from plants and chicken,
milk come from animals
• Teacher will agree and conclude – Plants are the sources of food
ingredients like vegetables, fruits and grains. Animals are the sources
of food ingredients like milk, butter, cheese, chicken, eggs.
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• Teacher will showcase an image of edible parts of plants and ask the
learners to label it.
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Q 1. Write one word below:
a. Source of food like cereals, wheat and oil is: _______
b. Source of food ingredients like Chicken, Meat and Butter is: ______
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1.3 PLANT PARTS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS AS FOOD

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• Teacher will showcase pictures of banana tree and ask the learners, to
identify the tree and tell which parts of the tree are edible.
• Learners will reply – it’s a banana tree and we can eat banana which is
fruit, and we can make dish of banana tree leaves.
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• Teacher will showcase a table of dishes and their ingredients and ask
the learners to tell which part of plants they come from.
Food Item Ingredients/ source Plant parts
Brinjal Curry Brinjal ?
Chilli ?
Oil – mustard, soybean oil etc. ?

• Learners will reply -

Food Item Ingredients/ source Plant parts
Brinjal Curry Brinjal Fruit
Chilli Fruit
Oil – mustard, soybean oil etc. Seed
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• Teacher will ask the learners; do you know where honey comes from
or how it is produced?
• Learners will reply –
- It comes from honeybees
- Trees
- Plants
Teacher agrees and conclude – Honeybees suck nectar from flowers of
plant and make beehives on trees to make honey. From beehive, we
collect food stored by bees as honey.
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• Teacher will showcase a small video of honey production and ask
learners to observe and identify the steps in the process.
• Learners will observe the video and write steps in the notebook under
the heading how honey is produced.
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Q 1. Write the process of honey production.
Q 2. Match the following:
Plant Parts Products
Seed Tomato, Apple
Fruit Mustard oil
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1.4 WHAT DO ANIMALS EAT?

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• Teacher will showcase gifs of few animals eating including deer, lions
and squirrels and ask the learners to identify the animals and tell
what they are eating.
• Learners will reply –
- Lion is eating deer
- Deer is eating leaves
- Squirrel is eating nuts.
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• Teacher will showcase a table and ask the learners to tell what the
given animals eat: Animals Food
Lion ?
Deer ?
Dog ?
Squirrel ?

• Learners will reply or write-

Animals Food
Lion Animals
Deer Grass
Dog Meat and
plants
Squirrel Nuts, seeds
of plants
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• Teacher will ask the learners to name the different types of animals
on basis of what kind of food they eat.
• Leaners will reply –
- Animals which eat other animals, animals which eat plants and
animals which eat both.
• Teacher will agree and conclude – animals which eat plants are called
herbivores, animals which eat animals are called carnivores and
animals which eat both plants and animals are called omnivores.
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• Teacher will ask the learners to make the following table in their
notebooks and write down examples of each types of animals.
Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores

• Learners will write down examples in their notebooks:

Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores
Cow Lion Man
Sheep Tiger Dog
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Q 1. Write down three kinds of animals based on food they eat with
example.
Q 2. Match the following:
Animals Types based on food they eat
Lion Omnivores
Dog Carnivores
Deer Herbivores
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