DET Skills: A Lesson Plan on the Negative Impacts of Fast Food

This lesson plan, designed for a DET Skills course, aims to educate learners about the negative impacts of fast food on both physical and mental health. The lesson begins by differentiating between healthy and unhealthy foods, followed by an exploration of the nutritional content of various fast food items, dispelling common misconceptions. Activities include a video presentation analyzing healthier options at McDonald's, group discussions, and critical reflections on learning and teaching effectiveness. The lesson culminates in an individual assignment requiring students to prepare a report covering the differences between healthy and unhealthy foods, nutritional information about fast food, the processes used by fast food restaurants to produce healthier options, and steps for making healthy food choices. Students are expected to submit their reports via Moodle after the session.

The fast food negative
influence on people

Lesson Plan
Course
Title:
Study Skills
(DET LEVEL
5)
Topic: The Fast Food Negative Influence on People
Week No: 1
Time required: 1 hours Number of register: 25
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, learner will understand:
 The student will learn about the difference between
healthy and unhealthy food.
 Learn the negative impact of fast food on people physical
and mental health.
 Understand the nutritional content of variety of fast food.
 Learn about wrong perception of fast food that negatively
influence people.
 Make healthy choices in fast food restaurants based on
their nutrition’s.
Material, equipment and resources required for this lesson plan
to ensure safe practice:
 Laptop for video and power point presentation.
 Big Projector place in the centre of the class.
 Screen.
 Printed copies of Nutritional information from fast food
company such as McDonald.
 Internet is also required to play video on the nutritional
information of fast food.
 Question Booklet on lesson topic which is required for the
purpose of assignment.
Lesson Profile
Time Subject Content Learning Activities Assessment Differentiation Skills Development
10:00 Welcome Welcome the new learners to Q&A Checking the list of Verbal and
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learners introduce themselves to their
tutor.
observation learners present and
absent
Employability skills
Introduction of
lesson topic,
assignment and
task
Introduce learner about the
topic of today’s lesson,
assignment they need to
complete after lesson and task
they required to perform during
the lesson.
Ask and check
learners have
downloaded
assignment
from Moodle.
Q/A
observation
If learner found
difficulty in
downloading
assignment and
material than report
tutor.
Critical Thinking,
Reading and
Understanding skills.
10:10 Break
10:12 Check Learning
activity
The learning of fast food
negative influence on people
will be as follow:
Beginning: In the start of
learning session, tutor will
discuss about the difference
between healthy and unhealthy
food.
Middle: In the middle, tutor will
discuss the nutritional
information about the fast food
and remove the negative
Q/A
observation
Note Taking
Power Point
presentation
Discussion on
nutritional
choices.
Adoption of
participative learning
styles.
Reading,
communication, note
taking and writing skills.
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perception of learners towards
fast food. For this, tutor will
show the nutritional information
of McDonald Fast foods.
End: In the end, tutor will
discuss about learner
understanding of fast food and
ask them to make health choice
of fast food.
10:30 Break
10:35 Power point and
video
presentation on
Fast food
restaurants with
critical
reflection or
evaluation.
Now, tutor will show video of
McDonald and present how Fast
Food restaurants made healthier
selections while making fast
food.
Video Link:
https://www.shape.com/healthy-
eating/meal-ideas/healthiest-
orders-mcdonalds-menu
The learners are also required to
critically reflect on their
learning and teacher teaching
Q/A
Notetaking
Video
Presentation on
McDonald
Group
Discussion
Learners can
download this video
from YouTube and
Moodle.
Analysis, note taking and
problem solving skills.
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skills.
They also required to share the
areas where teacher needs
improvement.
10:45 Break
10:50 Linking
assignment with
learning
objectives
Asking learners to complete the
assignment via linking the
learning objective. The students
should share and discuss their
opinion on fast food as a
healthy or unhealthy food.
Q/A
Report Writing
Checking everyone
have learn the
concept.
Report writing, time
management,
researching.
One to One
session with
tutor
The learner can have one to one
with tutors.
Q/A
Face to Face
communication
Can view lesson in
future through
Moodle.
Verbal and questioning.
Individual Assessment:
All learner is required to prepare the report on any Fast Food
Organization covering following points:
 Difference between healthy and unhealthy foods.
 Nutritional Information about Fast Food.
 Process used by Fast Food Restaurants to produce healthy
Evaluation of Lesson:
Reflect on self-learning, what went well, what difficulty learner
face and future improvement etc.
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fast food.
 Steps need to make choices on healthy food.
Learner required to complete the assignment after session and
submit on Moodle.
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