How nutrients and water are transported within humans
I can describe how water and nutrients from food travel through the body.
How nutrients and water are transported within humans
I can describe how water and nutrients from food travel through the body.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Nutrients have different purposes and come from different foods.
- A healthy diet is essential for maintaining the nutrients our body needs to function properly.
- During digestion, your small intestine absorbs the nutrients from your food and passes them into the bloodstream.
- Water and nutrients from food are transported in blood around the body to where they are needed.
- Models can be used to help us to learn about how science works.
Keywords
Nutrients - Nutrients are important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy.
Digest - When we digest food it is broken down so that nutrients can be used by the body.
Intestine - The intestine is a long tube that is split into the small and large intestine, through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested.
Bloodstream - Bloodstream is the flow or movement of blood throughout the body.
Model - A model is used to describe something that can't be experienced directly.
Common misconception
Pupils may not know that we need to eat food to obtain essential nutrients to keep us healthy and alive.
Learning about different types of nutrients found in food, such as vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats will help children to remember previous learning; that we get nutrition from what we eat.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
is made of different chambers with a muscle wall
carry oxygenated blood from the heart around the body
carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart
Exit quiz
6 Questions
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