Teaching ideas Chapter 7 Animal nutrition Syllabus sections covered: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Teaching resources Syllabus section
Topic
40-minute periods
Resources in Coursebook
Resources in Workbook
Resources on this CD-ROM
7.1
Diet
2 to 4
Questions 7.1 to 7.6
Exercise 7.1 Diet
Worksheet 7.1 Essential amino acids
Exercise 7.2 Functions of the digestive system
Worksheet 7.2 Checking your teeth
Exercise 7.3 Tooth decay data analysis
Worksheet 7.3 The structure of the digestive system
EOCQs 2, 5, 7 Activity 7.1 Testing foods for vitamin C 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Digestion, absorption and assimilation
3 to 7
Questions 7.7 to 7.10 Questions 7.11 to 7.14 EOCQ 6 Activity 7.2 Checking your teeth Questions 7.15 to 7.23 EOCQs 1, 3, 4
Exercise 7.5 Vitamin D absorption
Worksheet 7.4 Digestion vocabulary
Activity 7.3 A model of absorption 7.2
Cholera and diarrhoea
Topic 1
Diet
1
Questions 7.24 and 7.25
Exercise 7.4 Cholera patterns in Bangladesh
Coursebook section 7.1 Teaching ideas ◆
Use a quick quiz to find out what students already know about diet. There can sometimes be difficulties if they feel they ‘know it all already’. It is almost certain that their knowledge will not be sufficient for IGCSE level. If you give them a 10-mark multiple-choice test at the start of the lesson, and then again at the end, this is likely to show them that they have learnt something new during this lesson. ◆ If possible, use an interactive computer program that allows students to input the food they have eaten during the day and be provided with a breakdown of its energy content and nutrient content. They can compare results, and discuss bad and good points about each other’s diets. (This can be done using food tables – like the highly pared-down example on page 75 of the Coursebook – but this is very laborious and time-consuming, and students do not usually enjoy doing it.) Original material © Cambridge University Press 2014
© Cambridge University Press 2014 IGCSE Biology
Chapter 7: Teaching ideas
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