Understanding Processed & GMO Foods
Understanding Processed & GMO Foods
EXPECTED LEARNINGS
COMPETITION CAPABILITIES INDICATORS THEMATIC FIELDS
Justify the importance of processed or packaged foods.
Understand and apply
Explain the world to read the labels of genetically modified foods
knowledge
physical, based on the products before Importance of the food
scientists y
knowledge consumption, highlighting transgenics
argue Knowledge of the risks of genetically modified organisms.
scientists. the
scientifically.
scientists.
2. CROSS-CUTTING THEME
Education for Risk Management and Environmental Awareness.
3. SECUENCIA DIDÁCTICA
PROCESSES
MOMENTS ACTIVITY TIME
PEDAGOGICAL
Greet the students, thank God. Check the attendance.
Rules of coexistence are reminded with the participation of the
students. The transversal theme being reinforced is
working. 05
Motivation
The teacher asks the students to observe the ingredients or minutes
chemical composition found on labels or
milk containers, tuna, jam, juices, tea, yogurt, soda
etc. on the table.
Teacher asks:
What natural foods are among the ingredients?
from the mentioned foods? 05
Prior knowledge
What are artificial ingredients? minutes
START
For what reasons have they been used?
What other information is on the labels? Is it important?
Martín is a 9-year-old boy, he is constantly consuming
snack chips, packaged juices and other processed products or
modified. One morning my whole body woke up red and
Situation 05
with a strong itching.
problematic minutes
What caused what happened to Martín?
What would you suggest to Martín so that it doesn't happen again?
same?
Justify the importance of reading product labels
Purpose and 03
before consumption, after having evaluated the pros and
organization minutes
cons of processed and genetically modified foods.
Statement of the problem
Students form work teams of 4 or 5 members.
And they raise other questions based on the situation.
problematic, that allows them to expand their information about the
Management and
theme.
accompaniment Why is it important to read product labels? 65
DEVELOPMENT
of the development of before consuming them? minutes
the competition Are processed foods the same as genetically modified ones?
Do you agree with the consumption of genetically modified foods?
Why?
What can we do to avoid the risks of the
genetically modified organisms that we do not yet know?
Hypothesis formulation
Students propose their possible answers or hypotheses to the
questions raised in the problematic situation.
The students write them down on large sheets of paper to later be
contrasted.
INDICATOR
Justify the importance of reading labels of
products before consumption, highlighting the
scientific knowledge.
Explain the importance of
No. SURNAMES AND NAMES read the labels of the
Explain the pros and cons of
products packaged
food consumption
(ingredients and dates of
processed and transgenic.
expiration), before
consume them.
YES NO YES NO