Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5)

Unit 5A: Keeping healthy
Section 3: A varied diet

Objectives

Children should learn:

that to stay healthy we need an adequate and varied diet
to present information about diet and health

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Help children to use secondary sources eg reference books, CD-ROMs, leaflets from supermarkets, health centres and pharmacies to find out about foods which are rich in fats/oils, those which are rich in sugars/starch and those which provide materials needed for growth. Discuss with children why fruit and vegetables are also important for a healthy diet and possible effects of too much fat and sugar. Help children to produce a display illustrating adequate and varied diets or a week's menus which provide a varied and balanced diet.		identify eg by including them in their display or menu foods eg meat, fish, eggs, cheese needed for growth and those which provide for activity eg sugar, bread, pasta, rice, fats etc identify some foods eg by including them in their display or menu which contain large amounts of fat eg crisps, chips and some which contain large amounts of sugars eg sweets, jam and state that they shouldn't eat too much of these identify fruit and vegetables eg by including them in their display or menu as essential components of a healthy diet

Points to note

At this stage children do not need to be able to classify foods formally into groups such as protein or carbohydrate. However, they should know that some foods eg fish, meat, cheese and some vegetables provide materials necessary for healthy growth while other foods eg starches and sugars are more immediate sources of energy for activity, and that fruit and vegetables provide other essentials eg fibre. Most children should be able to understand that energy foods are of two types - carbohydrates (starches and sugars) and fats.

This activity could provide an opportunity to construct or use an ICT database relating to food types.

This activity links to work on information retrieval and reinforces work on using explanatory and non-chronological texts. This is included in the National Literacy Strategy Framework for teaching for year 5.

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	1. Introduction
	2. A poor diet
	3. A varied diet
	4. Exercising
	5. The heart and lungs
	6. Measuring pulse rate
	7. Fast and slow pulse rates
	8. Exercise and pulse rate
	9. Drugs, tobacco, alcohol and health

Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5)

Objectives

Activities

Outcomes

Points to note

Sections in this unit