Beavers and Cubs: Find Food
Become
hunter-gatherers as you track down the tasty treats in this food themed
word search.
https://prod-cms.scouts.org.uk/media/5702/find-food-find-food-wordsearch.pdf
Set
up the search
· Download and print the word search.
·
The person leading
the activity should set up the tables and chairs so that everyone can work on
their word-searches comfortably.
Find
the food
1.
Try and find as
many food items in the word-search as you can. When you find a food item, you
should draw a circle around it, so that it can still be read.
If you put a line through a word you’ve found, use
an eraser to rub out the line so that you can draw a circle around it.
2.
Spend fifteen
minutes doing this, then look at the second page of the ‘Find food’ word-search
sheet. This should show the solutions to the word-search and the different food
groups of the food items in the puzzle. Check how many of the foods you found
in the fifteen minutes.
3.
All that the foods
in the word-search are all part of different food groups. Each group contains
something we need every day to keep us healthy and happy. Use coloured pencils
to colour-code your completed word-search (e.g. ‘Proteins’ are red) to show the
food groups as you are listed on the second page of the ‘Find food’ word-search
sheet.
4.
Try to think of
foods that fit into the different food groups. You should think about what the
food looks and tastes like, if you know it.
5.
After 10 minutes, write
down three food items for each group on the second page of the ‘Find food’
word-search sheet. These should not include any of the food items that were in
the word-search.
Think about what you have for breakfast, lunch and
dinner during the week. See if you can work out which of the foods you eat go
in which groups and help you to enjoy a balanced diet.
Reflection
We have looked at
some food items and food groups. Keeping our bodies healthy requires us to eat
some items from each of the food groups. Are there any groups that you enjoy
eating more than others? What things could you change about your diet to
include more foods from the important food groups?
To find the foods
to go in the food groups, you had to complete a word-search puzzle. What did
you do to find the words for foods? Did you see a pattern between the food
items you found before you looked at the second page? How could you use your
colour-coded word-search to help others remember to eat from all of the food
groups?
This activity completes:
Beavers My
Skills Challenge Award – requirement 2
Beavers Cook
Activity Badge – requirement 1
Cubs Our
Skills Challenge Award – requirement 2
Cubs Chef
Activity Badge – requirement 3