Nutrient-rich meal: planning (non-statutory) | Science

Starter quiz

Which of these do living things need to stay alive?
- food ✓
- clothes
- a house
Which of these statements is true?
- Animals can produce their own food.
- Humans can produce their own food.
- Plants can produce their own food. ✓
Which of these images shows the Eatwell plate?
- image 1
- image 2 ✓
- image 3
Why is it important to eat each of these types of food?
- fruit and vegetables
  
  ⇔
  
  provide fibre and vitamins ✓
- foods containing protein
  
  ⇔
  
  help our bodies to grow and repair ✓
- dairy foods
  
  ⇔
  
  good for bone health ✓
What is a dietician?
- A scientist who studies plants and how they grow.
- A scientist who studies different types of rocks.
- A scientist who studies food and advises people on their food choices. ✓
Which of these are secondary sources?
- a fiction book you wrote yourself
- a non-fiction book written by somebody else ✓
- a website on the internet written by somebody else ✓
- a poster you made yourself

Why is it important to have a balanced and healthy diet?
- A balanced and healthy diet helps humans to have good health. ✓
- A balanced and healthy diet helps humans to stay warm.
- A balanced and healthy diet helps humans to have good personal hygiene.
Why is writing a meal plan a good idea?
- to make sure our body gets the exercise it needs
- to make sure our body gets the hygiene it needs
- to make sure our body gets the nutrients it needs ✓
True or false? Every meal must include a balance of all food groups shown on the Eatwell plate.
- True
- False ✓
What is a secondary source?
- a plan for what to do in an investigation
- texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others ✓
- what we have learned from an investigation
Which of these secondary sources would help us to create a meal plan?
- a book about animals
- the Eatwell plate ✓
- a recipe book ✓
- a rock hardness scale
Sofia is writing a healthy eating plan. For breakfast she had wholegrain cereal with milk and strawberries. Which food groups did Sofia's breakfast contain?
- carbohydrates ✓
- fruits and vegetables ✓
- fats and oils
- dairy and alternatives ✓
- proteins

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Pupils may think that humans need to eat the same amounts of different types of food to stay healthy.

Emphasise that humans need to eat different amounts of different foods as part of a healthy diet.

Diet - A diet is the sort of food animals including humans eat regularly.
Nutrient - A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live and grow.
Amount - An amount is a quantity of something.
Secondary source - Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.
Food group - Food groups are created by grouping together foods with similar nutritional values, such as proteins.