Year 3 - Science
Nutrient-rich meal: doing and reviewing (non-statutory)
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 follow a plan to make a nutrient-rich meal and review the outcome.
Key Notes
- It is important to plan healthy meals to make sure that your body is getting the nutrients it needs.
- Some processed food may have added salt, sugar and fat.
- Being able to make and cook healthy food is an important life skill.
- A nutrient-rich meal can be reviewed and improved.
Vocabulary To Learn
- nutrient: A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live and grow.
- processed: A processed food is any food that has been altered in some way during preparation.
- life skill: A life skill is a skill that is useful or important in life, such as cooking.
- review: When scientists review, they look again at what they have done and consider if it could be improved.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that 'ready meals' contain the same nutrients as meals we have prepared and cooked ourselves.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
It is important to plan healthy meals to make sure that your body is getting the nutrients it needs. Some processed food may have added salt, sugar and fat.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'nutrient'
A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live and grow. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may think that 'ready meals' contain the same nutrients as meals we have prepared and cooked ourselves. Correction: Explanation of how processed foods can contain added salt, sugar and fat.
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- Different diets for different people Study Guide
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- Local food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Making or finding food Study Guide
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- Nutrition from food Study Guide
- Sustainable sources of food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
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