The impact of a balanced diet
I can describe the impact of diet on the human body.
The impact of a balanced diet
I can describe the impact of diet on the human body.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Diet is the type and range of food that you eat regularly.
- Eating food with essential nutrients is important for good health, growth and development.
- The foods we choose to eat can have an impact on how our bodies function.
- Balanced diets can lower chances of developing chronic diseases.
Keywords
Diet - A diet is the sort of food animals including humans eat regularly.
Impact - The impact of something is the effect it has.
Nutrients - A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live or grow.
Beneficial - Something beneficial is something that is good; it results in benefits.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the word ‘diet’ refers to ‘going on a diet’ and lowering calorie intake or restricting intake of fats or sugars, and in turn think that this constitutes a ‘healthy’ diet.
Explain that the word ‘diet’ means the things that we eat regularly, and that a balanced diet is made up of a balanced intake of different types of foods.
To help you plan your year 6 science lesson on: The impact of a balanced diet, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 6 science lesson on: The impact of a balanced diet, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 2 science lessons from the Keeping healthy unit, dive into the full secondary science curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
none required
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
milk, cheese, yogurt
lentils, eggs, beef
pasta, rice, bread
olive oil, butter
carrots, lettuce, tomatoes
