EVS · lesson 20 of 30 · free

Food and digestion — EVS worksheet

Food gives us energy, helps us grow and protects us from illness. Rice, wheat, potato, sugar and ghee are energy-giving foods; dal, eggs, fish and paneer are body-building foods; fruits and vegetables are protective foods. Digestion begins in the mouth, and food travels down the food pipe to the stomach, the small intestine and the large intestine.

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Three plates, one journey — “sort food by what it does, then follow it through the body”

  1. Energy-giving: rice, wheat, potato, sugar, ghee, oil. Body-building: dal, eggs, fish, paneer, soybean, rajma.
  2. Protective: orange, amla, carrot, spinach, guava, papaya.
  3. Food’s journey: mouth → food pipe → stomach → small intestine → large intestine.

Use it for: Class 4 EVS lessons on food and health, planning a balanced plate and understanding a tummy ache.

Worked example: 🥗 Is “dal” an energy-giving, body-building or protective food? → body-building food

  1. Dal is rich in proteins.
  2. Proteins build and repair the body, so dal is a body-building food.

Check: Dal and rice together give a balanced plate: body-building + energy ✓

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