Design your own Veggie Trump

Learning objectives

• Research facts about a fruit or vegetable from reliable sources.
• Write a short, interesting fact in their own words.
• Present information clearly on a card.

Curriculum links

• Science, Year 3“identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition…”
• English, Key stage 2Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction; write for a real purpose and audience.

Lesson plan

1. Starter10 min
   Read the Mini Veg Facts on a few cards aloud. What makes a good fact? (Surprising, short, true.)
2. Research20 min
   Pupils choose a fruit or vegetable that isn’t in the pack and find two or three facts about it, noting where they found each one.
3. Create20 min
   Pupils draw their fruit or veg, pick colour stars for each measure, and write their Mini Veg Fact on the template.
4. Share10 min
   Gallery walk: pupils read each other’s cards and vote for the best fact.

Pupils won’t have exact nutrition numbers, so the template uses the colour stars only (green, amber or red). For a challenge, older pupils can look up real values on a food label or a trusted website.

Support and challenge

• SupportGive a short fact sheet about two or three choices to pick from.
• ChallengeFind real values per 100g for at least two measures and explain where the numbers came from.