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kool kumara lesson plans

nutrition & ﬁ tness

Objectives

To help children gain understanding about nutrients found in foods, in particular kumara, and how

important these nutrients are for building a healthy body. To help children understand what we mean

by calories related to exercise.

Materials Provided

Lesson plan activity

Kool Kumara Character cut out sheet

Exercise Chart

Calories Chart

Materials Needed

None

Looking after your body

Kumara have been called “the healthiest vegetable around” because of all the vitamins and nutrients

that they contain. These vitamins and nutrients help our body to function in many ways. Follow the

instructions below to learn about how kumara help our bodies and build your own Kool Kumara!

1. Kumara have a lot of Vitamin A. Vitamin A helps our bodies to grow normally and makes our eyes

healthy. BECAUSE KUMARAS ARE SO GOOD FOR OUR EYES, WRITE “ VITAMIN A” NEXT TO

KOOL KUMARA’S EYES.

2. Amino Acids are the building blocks that make up proteins in muscle. SINCE AMINO ACIDS HELP

OUR MUSCLES, WRITE “AMINO ACIDS” ON ONE OF KOOL KUMARA’S LEGS BECAUSE OUR

LEGS CONTAIN A LOT OF MUSCLE.

3. Vitamin C is important to our body for many reasons. One of the most important things that

Vitamin C does is to help our wounds heal. WHERE YOU SEE THE BANDAGE NEXT TO KOOL

KUMARA’S MOUTH, WRITE “VITAMIN C” TO SHOW THAT VITAMIN C HELPS WOUNDS TO HEAL.

4. Another nutrient in kumara is magnesium, which helps our nerves and muscles to function

properly. LABEL ONE OF KOOL KUMARA’S ARMS WITH THE WORD , “MAGNESIUM” BECAUSE IT

HELPS OUR MUSCLES.

5. Phosphorus in kumara also helps to build muscle. LABEL KOOL KUMARA’S OTHER ARM WITH

THE WORD “PHOSPHORUS” FOR THE SAME REASON.

6. The iron in kumara helps in the process of making blood, which supplies oxygen to our cells.

NEXT TO THE HEART WRITE THE WORD “IRON” BECAUSE OUR HEART PUMPS BLOOD

THROUGHOUT THE BODY.

7. Manganese helps us get bigger as we get older and it helps our bones to grow normally. WRITE

“MANGANESE” ON KOOL KUMARA’S OTHER LEG TO SHOW THAT MANGANESE HELPS OUR

LEGS TO GET LONGER AS WE GROW.

8. Kumara have calcium, which helps to support bones and teeth, among other things.

LABEL KOOL KUMARA’S MOUTH WITH THE WORD, “CALCIUM” BECAUSE CALCIUM HELPS

OUR TEETH.

9. One kumara has more ﬁ bre than a whole bowl of oatmeal. Fibre is very important because it

helps our digestive systems, the system that processes the food we eat. WHERE KOOL KUMARA’S

STOMACH WOULD BE, WRITE THE WORD, “FIBRE. ”

Once you have completely labelled Kool Kumara, cut out the various parts and stick him together.

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