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Drink Type Sorter

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About this MicroSim

Drink Type Sorter is an interactive MicroSim for this health-education textbook.

Students recall different drink types and the benefits they provide by sorting drink pictures into "everyday drink" and "occasional treat" bins.

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Bloom's Taxonomy level: Remember (L1) — recall, identify, name

Lesson Plan

Audience

This MicroSim is designed for Grade 1. For the K-3 bands the teacher typically drives the activity on a shared screen; older students can explore the MicroSim independently.

Learning Objective

Students recall different drink types and the benefits they provide by sorting drink pictures into "everyday drink" and "occasional treat" bins.

This activity targets Bloom's Remember (L1) (recall, identify, name).

Suggested Use (about 10 minutes)

  1. Warm up (2 min). Ask students what they already know about the topic and let one volunteer describe what they see on the screen.
  2. Model it (3 min). Demonstrate the interaction once, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning behind each choice.
  3. Guided practice (3 min). Invite students to try the interaction and to predict what will happen before they act.
  4. Discuss (2 min). Ask why the result came out the way it did, connecting the on-screen result back to the learning objective above.

Check for Understanding

Have each student (or pair) explain their result in one sentence, using the vocabulary from this chapter. Look for reasoning that matches the Remember-level objective rather than a lucky guess.

Specification

The full specification below was extracted from Chapter 2: Food, Drinks, and Staying Safe in the Kitchen.

Type: microsim
**sim-id:** drink-type-sorter<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified

Bloom Taxonomy: Remember (L1)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: recall, identify, name

Learning objective: Students recall different drink types and the benefits they provide by sorting drink pictures into "everyday drink" and "occasional treat" bins.

Canvas layout:
- Top area (150px): One drink picture card at a time (water, milk, 100% juice, soda, sports drink, flavored milk, water with fruit slices)
- Middle area (250px): Two bins: "Everyday Drink" (blue) and "Occasional Treat" (orange)
- Bottom strip (100px): Explanation caption and "Next Drink" button

Visual elements:
- 7 drink cards cycling one at a time
- Simple, friendly, flat-style illustrations of cups and bottles

Interactive controls:
- Click-to-place or drag-and-drop: place the drink card in the correct bin
- Button: "Next Drink"
- Button: "Reset"

Default parameters:
- First card: a glass of water (clearly an everyday drink, to build confidence)

Behavior:
- Correct placement: bin glows, gentle chime, one-sentence benefit appears ("Water keeps your body cool and helps you focus.")
- Incorrect placement: gentle prompt, "Look again — is this a drink to have every day, or just sometimes?"

Instructional Rationale: This is a Remember-level (recall/identify) objective, so a simple sort-and-reveal pattern is appropriate — the goal is recognizing each drink type and its basic benefit, not yet analyzing trade-offs.

Implementation notes: Use p5.js. Large, simple drink illustrations. Teacher reads each drink name and benefit aloud.

References