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

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