A living thing's basic needs must be met for them to stay alive.

Food gives living things energy and helps them to stay healthy.

Wild animals or plants live or grow in natural surroundings and are not looked after by people.

The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.

Animals who live under human control or care are in captivity.

Making or finding food

Science

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

All living things need air, water and {} to stay alive.

True or false? Animals cannot make their own food.

A guinea pig that is fed vegetables and looked after by a human.

Wild animals buy their food from a shop. 

Wild animals graze or hunt for food in their habitat.

Where do wild animals get their food from?

Foods that are similar to their natural diet.

What do humans feed pets and animals that are kept in captivity?

An animal that is a carnivore only eats {{}}.

What is the name for an animal that eats both other animals and plants?

What do we call the things that a living thing must have in order to stay alive?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Making or finding food

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.