Starter quiz
- Why is food important for humans?
- Food makes people happy.
- Food makes us thirsty so we drink more water.
- Food gives humans energy and helps them to stay alive. ✓
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- How can these foods help a human's body?
- dairy⇔can help to keep bones, teeth and nails healthy ✓
- meat, fish and soya⇔can help your body to grow and repair ✓
- cereals, rice and potatoes⇔can help humans to keep active and do things like running ✓
- What is an amount?
- An amount is how much of something there is. ✓
- An amount is a big hill.
- An amount is a type of fruit.
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- This food triangle shows that the largest portion of food that humans should eat is ...
- milk and dairy.
- foods with a lot of fats or sugar.
- fruit and vegetables. ✓
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- This food triangle shows that the smallest portion of food that humans should eat is ...
- milk and dairy.
- meat, fish, eggs and beans.
- foods with a lot of fats or sugar. ✓
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- Why is it important for humans to eat the right amounts of different foods?
- To eat a healthy diet. ✓
- To eat the same amount of different foods.
- To eat the foods that they like.
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Exit quiz
- A nutritionist is a scientist that studies ______.
- 'food' ✓
- What skill do nutritionists use when they look closely at foods?
- observation ✓
- sorting
- comparing
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- How do nutritionists find out more about food?
- They test it. ✓
- They write about it.
- They draw it.
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- What do we call the information that we learn from a test?
- equipment
- results ✓
- observing
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- What do nutritionists do with the results of their tests?
- They share them with food companies and schools. ✓
- They write them down and keep them secret.
- They share them with their friends.
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- Look at the results from Lucas' test. Which food contains the most fat?
- sausage
- bread
- crisp ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning 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.
- Nutritionists share their results with food companies and schools to encourage healthy choices.
Common misconception
All fat in the diet can cause ill health.
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.
Keywords
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.
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