NAND VIDYA NIKETAN – JAMNAGAR

VIRTUAL SESSION - 2020-2021

CLASS – 5 SUBJECT – EVS

DATE: 28/08/2020 DAY: 1, WEDNESDAY
CH-10 OUR FOOD
• LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By the end of the session, students should be able to:
1) know that the tongue can taste flavours such as sweet, salty, bitter and sour.
3) annotate on the process of digestion.
2) exemplify on why do we need glucose?

• OPENING ACTIVITY:- MAKE AND EAT- FIRELESS. Mentors and

Students will prepare Chana chat in class.
1) Mentors will ask students- taste of Chana chat
2) Did you ever wonder why your favourite foods taste so good?

Well, you can thank your taste buds!!!! - Introduction to Our food –
taste buds.

A) How do we taste food?

Taste buds are sensory organs that are found on your tongue and
allow you to experience tastes that are sweet, salty, sour, and
bitter. How exactly do your taste buds work?
Stick out your tongue and look in the
mirror. See all those bumps - Those are
called papillae and most of them contain
taste buds. Taste buds send messages to
the brain about how something tastes,
so you know if it's sweet, sour, bitter, or
salty.

[NOTE - Sweet, sour, salty, bitter and savory tastes can actually
be sensed by all parts of the tongue. Only the sides of the tongue
are more sensitive than the middle overall. This is true of all tastes
– with one exception: the back of our tongue is very sensitive
to bitter tastes.]
B) Where does digestion begin?
In your mouth
Have you noticed that when you see food which looks and smells good
something starts to happen in your mouth?
• Your mouth starts to water as you think
about eating that lovely food! The water
is called saliva (or spit) and it isn't just
water. One of the enzymes in saliva starts
to break down the food to make it all soft
and easier to swallow.
INTERACTION with kids – Why do we drink glucose water or nimbu paani/
lemonade when we feel weak or tired?
C) Why do we need glucose?
Glucose or sugar, is the body's main fuel source. That means your body
— including your brain — needs glucose to work properly. But even
though we need glucose for energy. {Note:- too much glucose in the
blood can be unhealthy.}

D) DID YOU KNOW?

ORS stands for Oral Rehydration Solution. It is a solution given to children who are
experiencing dehydration due to loss of body fluids in conditions such as diarrhoea and
vomiting. ORS contains a mix of salts and sugar.
 HOMEWORK
1) Read pg no.68 and 69 of EVS textbook.
2) Fill the table given on pg no. 68 of your EVS textbook.
3) Prepare lemonade/shikanji for your mother. (please prepare it in the
presence of any elder at your home)

• Cut the lemon in to two.

• Take 2 glasses of a water in a bowl
• With a lemon juice squeezer,
squeeze the juice directly into the
water.
• Add black salt, sugar, jeera powder.
• Stir till the sugar dissolves.
• Pour the lemonade in glasses and
serve it.