Year 2 - Science
Food scientists
Healthy me
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Unit Summary
This unit covers the importance of exercise, balanced nutrition, and hygiene for humans. It involves performing simple tests, observing closely, and identifying and classifying information. Emphasis is on asking questions, using observations to suggest answers, and gathering and recording data.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe how nutritionists carry out tests and make observations to help us make healthy choices.
Key Notes
- Scientists who study food and how it works in your body are called nutritionists.
- Nutritionists carry out tests and make observations of the food we eat.
- Nutritionists share their results with food companies and schools to encourage healthy choices.
Vocabulary To Learn
- healthy: The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well.
- nutritionist: A nutritionist is a scientist who studies food and how it works in your body.
- observe: To observe is to look very closely and use other senses too.
- choice: A choice is the act of picking or choosing something.
- result: The result of a test is what happened or what was found out.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All fat in the diet can cause ill health.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Scientists who study food and how it works in your body are called nutritionists. Nutritionists carry out tests and make observations of the food we eat.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'healthy'
The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: All fat in the diet can cause ill health. Correction: Explanation that humans need some fat in their diet but that they should not eat large amounts of fat regularly if they want to have a healthy diet.
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