Different types of food
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe why it is important for humans to eat different types of food.
Key learning points
- Different types of food can help our bodies in different ways.
- Food containing lots of fats and/or sugar can be unhealthy for humans.
- Making the right choices about the food we eat can help humans to be more healthy.
- Different types of food can be sorted into different groups.
Keywords
Food - Food gives living things energy and helps them to stay healthy.
Healthy - The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well.
Fat - Fat is found in foods like butter and cheese.
Unhealthy - Something that is unhealthy is not good for your health.
Group - To group things is to put similar things together.
Common misconception
All fat in the diet can cause ill health. A ‘balanced’ diet should include equal-sized proportions of the different food groups (rather than appropriate amounts of each food group).
Explanation that humans need to eat small amounts of fat and sugar, but that eating too much is unhealthy. Explanation of the importance of eating different types of food. The word “balanced” is not used in this lesson.
Teacher tip
How often humans should eat different foods can be explained through using a traffic light system. "Green" foods (fruit, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins) are the foods that we should be eating every day, "red" foods (those high in fat and/or sugar) should be eaten very sparingly.
Equipment
Scissors to cut sorting cards.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these will help a human to live a healthy life?
Q2.Exercising helps humans to stay .
Q3. is a sticky substance made up mostly of the germs that cause tooth decay.
Q4.How can you keep your teeth healthy?
Q5.What does exercise do to your muscles?
Q6.Exercise is important because ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? A diet with too much fat or sugar can be unhealthy for humans.
Q2.How do foods such as meat, fish and soya help our bodies?
Q3.Sweets contain a lot of ...
Q4.Making the right choices about the food we eat can help humans to be more ...
Q5.When scientists put foods into different groups, which science skill are they using?
Q6.Which of these foods should a human eat often?
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