Plant or animal?
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can sort foods into plants and animals.
Key learning points
- All food comes from plants or animals.
- Food can be sorted into plants or animals.
- The food we eat comes from plants and/or animals.
Keywords
Plants - a living thing that grows in the ground or water, such as fruit and vegetables
Animals - a living thing that can eat and move, such as a chicken or a dairy cow
Common misconception
There is a misunderstanding about the origin of food, and lack of awareness of where food comes from.
All food we eat comes from plants and animals. Food from plants includes fruit and vegetables. Food from animals includes milk, eggs, fish and meat.
Teacher tip
Place some food (or food images) into a bag, then allow pupils (one at a time) to pick a food at random. Ask them whether it is from a plant or animal. Include some foods that contain both, such as a pizza or sandwich. Pupils can also draw their lunch and label the food from plants and animals.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is this?
Q2.Which animal does milk come from?
Q3.What are these?
Q4.We need food and drink to ...
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.True or false? All food comes from plants or animals.
Q2.Which food is from an animal?
Q3.Which food is from a plant?
Q4.Match the food to plants or animals.
apple, peach, lemon
okra, celery, onion
milk, eggs, meat
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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