Year 3 - Science
Making or finding food
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 explain that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food.
Key Notes
- All living things need food to stay alive.
- Plants can make their own food using sunlight, carbon dioxide and water.
- Animals, including humans, cannot make their own food.
- Wild animals find their sources of food within the habitats they live in.
- Pets, or animals in captivity, rely on humans to replicate their natural diets.
Vocabulary To Learn
- basic needs: A living thing's basic needs must be met for them to stay alive.
- food: Food gives living things energy and helps them to stay healthy.
- wild: Wild animals or plants live or grow in natural surroundings and are not looked after by people.
- habitat: The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.
- captivity: Animals who live under human control or care are in captivity.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All plants and animals 'eat' food.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
All living things need food to stay alive. Plants can make their own food using sunlight, carbon dioxide and water.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'basic needs'
A living thing's basic needs must be met for them to stay alive. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: All plants and animals 'eat' food. Correction: Explanation of how plants can make their own food and that animals cannot.
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- Different diets for different people Study Guide
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- Fats in food: review (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Food miles (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Local food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) 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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