Teacher’s Guide
Activity: Create Your Own Food Packaging – Milk and Alternatives Instruction: Use this activity sheet after viewing the “Milk and Alternatives: Introduction” video from the “Learning about Canada’s Food Guide” video series. Ask the student to choose their favourite milk product and have them create their own food packaging for it. They can draw or make a collage on the food packaging ‐ the possibilities are endless. Keep the food packaging healthy and positive. Provide them with the materials needed to make a colourful and eye‐
catching packaging. Materials needed: ‐
Copies of Canada’s Food Guide. You can order copies of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide online at www.hc‐sc.gc.ca. Please allow a few weeks for delivery. ‐ Food package (emptied and cleaned) from home. Have your students bring some from home. Instruction: Use this activity sheet after viewing the video 1 of 2 – Vegetables ‐ Various magazines for cut‐outs, website printouts, scissors, rulers, glue, construction and fruit of the series “Learning about the food guide” paper, markers, coloring pencils and crayons, etc… Grades: 4 to 6 Grades: 1 to 3 After viewing the video and completing this activity sheet, students should be
Curriculum: Health Education able to achieve some of the following general curriculum outcomes and links to
outcomes:
Cross Curriculum: ELA To view other videos from this series, please visit: Teachnutrition.ca Curriculum: Health Education  Introduction to Canada’s Food Guide  Understanding and making healthy food choices Curriculum: English Language Arts  Speaking and Listening  Reading and Viewing  Writing and Representing Curriculum: Art Education  Developing of imagery using a variety of art media  Demonstrating an ability to express themselves To view other videos from this series, please visit:
Create Your Own Food Packaging – Milk ad Alternatives
Food packages have many functions such as keeping the food safe and clean and attracting the attention of buyers. Today, we will focus on that last function and you will get to design your own eye‐catching food packaging! Keep the packaging positive, informational and healthful. Be creative and have fun! Here is what you need to do:
1. Choose a food from the Milk and Alternatives food group. 2. Bring a food package (emptied and cleaned) from home. Be creative! Choose any food packaging that you want, since it will be completely covered and changed once you design your new packaging of your food from the Milk and Alternatives food group on top of it. 3. Include at least 4 pieces of interesting information or facts about the chosen food. =
+ When you design your food packaging, ask yourself these questions:
Who? Who are you making this food packaging for? Who will buy this food? Will it be adults, teenagers, children or anyone? What? What is the name of the food you have chosen? What type of images, pictures or text will get the attention of the buyers? What information will you include on your food packaging? What can you include on the packaging to encourage people to eat that food? Do you want to include a healthy recipe or tips on how to cook or eat it? What material will you use to create this packaging? When? Is the food usually consumed at a specific time of the day (i.e. breakfast, lunch, supper or snacks)? Where? Where will you place your images, pictures and text on the food packaging to make it appealing? Why? Why did you pick this food? Why do you think others will like this food?