A diet is the sort of food animals including humans eat regularly.

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

Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.

Food groups are created by grouping together foods with similar nutritional values, such as proteins.

Nutrient-rich meal: planning (non-statutory)

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

Healthy eating

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A balanced and healthy diet helps humans to have good health.

A balanced and healthy diet helps humans to stay warm.

A balanced and healthy diet helps humans to have good personal hygiene.

Why is it important to have a balanced and healthy diet?

to make sure our body gets the exercise it needs

to make sure our body gets the hygiene it needs

to make sure our body gets the nutrients it needs

True or false? Every meal must include a balance of all food groups shown on the Eatwell plate.

a plan for what to do in an investigation

texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others

what we have learned from an investigation

Which of these secondary sources would help us to create a meal plan?

Sofia is writing a healthy eating plan. For breakfast she had wholegrain cereal with milk and strawberries. Which food groups did Sofia's breakfast contain?

Which of these do living things need to stay alive?

Which of these images shows the Eatwell plate?

Why is it important to eat each of these types of food?

A scientist who studies plants and how they grow.

A scientist who studies different types of rocks.

A scientist who studies food and advises people on their food choices.

a non-fiction book written by somebody else

a website on the internet written by somebody else

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Nutrient-rich meal: planning (non-statutory)

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