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Healthy and sustainable proteins (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Keeping healthy

Unit Summary

This unit examines how diet, exercise, drugs, and lifestyle impact body function. It focuses on planning scientific enquiries, controlling variables, taking precise measurements, and recording complex data. Emphasis is on presenting findings, drawing conclusions, and evaluating scientific evidence.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to name sources of protein and understand why plant-based proteins can be good for our health and for the environment.

Key Notes

  • Protein is an important nutrient in food as part of a balanced diet to build and repair bones and muscles.
  • Forests are often cut down to create space for animals including cattle to graze and for growing their food.
  • Replacing red meat with other proteins is not only good for the planet but also good for our health.
  • Plant-based proteins are healthy and can be grown and produced sustainably.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • protein: Protein is in foods like meat, fish, and eggs. It helps your body grow and repair.
  • red meat: Red meat includes beef from cows, pork from pigs, and lamb from sheep.
  • cattle: Cattle are a group of animals that includes cows, that are often kept for their milk or meat.
  • plant-based protein: Plant-based proteins come from plants like beans, nuts, seeds, and grains.
  • sustainable: If something is sustainable, it meets the needs of people now without having a negative impact on the needs of people living in the future.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children may think that protein can only be provided by foods that come from animal sources.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.

Protein is an important nutrient in food as part of a balanced diet to build and repair bones and muscles. Forests are often cut down to create space for animals including cattle to graze and for growing their food.

2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'protein'

Protein is in foods like meat, fish, and eggs. It helps your body grow and repair. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.

3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.

Mistake: Children may think that protein can only be provided by foods that come from animal sources. Correction: Explain to children that the protein we eat can often come from both plants and animals.

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