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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8A: Food and digestion
Section 13: Reviewing work

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to relate knowledge and understanding of food types to the processes of digestion

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Provide pupils with an appropriate selection of terms related to food and digestion and ask them to use these to make a concept map. Discuss pupils' maps with them, asking them to identify areas of difficulty and challenging them to make and explain new connections.
  • identify appropriate connections between ideas in this unit and explain their reasoning

Points to note

  • A concept map can show connections between different ideas in a particular topic. Pupils may have made concept maps in key stage 2.

Sections in this unit

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1. a. What's in food and why is it important?
2. b. What's in food and why is it important?
3. c. What's in food and why is it important?
4. a. Which foods provide a balanced diet?
5. b. Which foods provide a balanced diet?
6. c. Which foods provide a balanced diet?
7. Checking progress
8. a. What happens to food inside the digestive system?
9. b. What happens to food inside the digestive system?
10. a. What do digestive enzymes do?
11. b. What do digestive enzymes do?
12. Where are the products of digestion used?
13. Reviewing work