Year 1 - Cooking and nutrition
Food sources
Food from plants and animals
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Unit Summary
This unit explores food from plants and animals. Pupils sort food into plant and animal sources, and name a range of food from each source. This learning is extended through making a potato salad, highlighting the food source of each ingredient.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe foods from plants and animals.
Key Notes
- There are a wide range of food from plants, such as fruit, vegetables, beans, rice, pasta and cereals.
- There are a range of food from animals, such as eggs, milk, cheese, honey, fish and meat.
- Food is purchased from shops, farms and markets, or grown at home.
Vocabulary To Learn
- fruit: a part of a plant that contains seeds
- vegetables: the leaves, stems, flowers and roots of a plant
- shops: a place where you can buy items you want
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Honey is made from a plant.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
There are a wide range of food from plants, such as fruit, vegetables, beans, rice, pasta and cereals. There are a range of food from animals, such as eggs, milk, cheese, honey, fish and meat.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'fruit'
a part of a plant that contains seeds.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Honey is made from a plant. Correction: Honey is made by bees in the hive. It is a food made by animals.
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