Food We Eat
Class 3 · The World Around Us · 19 Questions
Share your reasons for why you like the food items you have drawn.
Talk to the elders in your family and discuss in the class: Why do we need to eat and drink?
Why do we need to eat healthy food?
Make a list of fruits and vegetables available and special food items that are prepared in the summer and in the winter.
Find out the names of these foods and discuss them with your friends.
How often do you drink water?
Do you know which foods are grown in the fields? Write a few names of such crops.
Discuss and write down in what form some of these foods are cooked.
Two of our most commonly used ingredients are neither obtained from plants nor from animals. Name at least one of these ingredients.
Would you share your food with your friend if your friend does not bring lunch?
Why do we need different kinds of food?
Why do we eat seasonal foods?
How can you tell if a food is healthy or unhealthy?
Why is it important to avoid wasting food? Can you think of some ways to reduce food waste at home?
List the fruits and vegetables eaten in your family.
Write the recipe of your favourite dish.
Write a name of a food item that includes both plant and animal based ingredients. For example, lassi includes yogurt/curd which is prepared from milk (animal based ingredient) and sugar which is prepared from sugarcane (a plant based ingredient).
In these plates draw and label food items that you eat in the morning, afternoon and at night.
Imagine you suddenly have a guest visiting your home. What kind of food would you serve them and why?