Year 3 - Science
Food miles (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
Healthy eating
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Unit Summary
This unit covers how animals, including humans, obtain nutrition from their diet, emphasising the need for the right types and amounts of food. It involves asking questions, gathering and presenting data, using scientific language, and interpreting evidence to answer questions and support findings.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to research how far the food you eat has to travel to get to your plate.
Key Notes
- Much of the food we eat can be grown to meet our demands.
- Food miles is the distance food travels from the place it is grown to our plates.
- 'Food miles' provides one way to measure how the way we get our food can impact the environment.
Vocabulary To Learn
- seasonal: Food that is seasonal is only harvested at certain times each year.
- food miles: Food miles are the distance between the place where food is grown or made and the place where it is eaten.
- environment: The environment is the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may be unaware of the provenance of their food and the possible environmental effect of eating foods from different countries.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Much of the food we eat can be grown to meet our demands. Food miles is the distance food travels from the place it is grown to our plates.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'seasonal'
Food that is seasonal is only harvested at certain times each year. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may be unaware of the provenance of their food and the possible environmental effect of eating foods from different countries. Correction: Explanation of how some foods are grown in England and how eating local, seasonal food can minimise the impact on the environment.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Amounts of food Study Guide
- Different diets for different people Study Guide
- Fats in food: plan and do (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Fats in food: review (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Local food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Making or finding food Study Guide
- Nutrient-rich meal: doing and reviewing (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Nutrient-rich meal: planning (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Nutrition from food Study Guide
- Sustainable sources of food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Types of food Study Guide
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