Piaget

 Piaget

Explain how you would teach a specific topic at the concrete level. Be sure to include how you would cause disequilibrium, how you would help them assimilate, and how you would help them accommodate.
Concrete level
Most foods that we enjoy eating have fats in them. They have fat that is not good for us. These fats will raise your cholesterol, make you gain weight, and clog your arteries.
Bring in food labels from chips, cookies, candy, processed foods, crackers, salad dressings (point out that basically anything made with animal fat.) Talk to them about how a healthy diet should have less than 10% of saturated fats.
Formal level
Disequilibrium: There are actually fats that are good for you. Fat is necessary for maintaining healthy skin, and it plays a central role in promoting proper eyesight and brain development. Fat is essential for our bodies to be healthy. 

Assimilation: Food has fat in it. We eat fat on a daily basis, however, we need to be aware of which types of fats we are consuming.

Accommodation: Good fat vs bad fats or in other words, trans and saturated fats vs unsaturated fats.

Bring to class foods with unsaturated fats in them (avocados, sunflower seeds, olive oil, salmon, almonds) These fats are actually good for us. They may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, lower our cholesterol and also boost our immune systems.

Equilibrium: Understand what the good fats are, and all fats that we consume don’t make us fat or are unhealthy for our bodies.