A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live and grow.

A processed food is any food that has been altered in some way during preparation.

A life skill is a skill that is useful or important in life, such as cooking.

When scientists review, they look again at what they have done and consider if it could be improved.

Nutrient-rich meal: doing and reviewing (non-statutory)

Science

Making or finding food

Types of food

Amounts of food

Nutrition from food

Fats in food: plan and do (non-statutory)

Fats in food: review (non-statutory)

Nutrient-rich meal: planning (non-statutory)

Different diets for different people

Sustainable sources of food (non-statutory)

Local food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Food miles (non-statutory)

In this Healthy eating unit, pupils learn that animals, including humans, can not make their own food, they get nutrition from what they eat. In the Human circulatory system and Keeping healthy units, pupils will build on this knowledge to describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, and the impact of diet on the way their bodies function

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt about the importance for animals, including humans, to eat the right amounts of different types of food. In this Healthy eating unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to learn that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition from food

This unit covers how animals, including humans, obtain nutrition from their diet, emphasising the need for the right types and amounts of food. It involves asking questions, gathering and presenting data, using scientific language, and interpreting evidence to answer questions and support findings.

Healthy eating

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

When we record what we are going to eat, we are making a healthy eating {{}}

to make sure you get the right amount of exercise

to make sure your body gets the right nutrients

A food that has been changed in any way during its preparation is called {{}}.

something that helps us to have good handwriting

something that is important or useful for life

something that is important for recording investigation results

A nutrient-rich meal can be {{}} and improved.

a substance that plants and animals need in order to live and grow

What can we write to help us to eat a balanced diet?

Investigating food is a secondary source.

A meal plan you have written is a secondary source.

Which of these secondary sources can help us to plan a nutrient-rich meal?

Starter Quiz

A balanced diet helps humans to...