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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8A: Food and digestion

QCA

Resources

Resources include:

  • secondary sources to explore the constituents of food, eg diet software, CD-ROMs, dietary information leaflets, video clips of TV advertisements, other literature, which may include articles from magazines
  • a range of foodstuffs for testing, sufficient to provide several samples rich in each of the major chemical groups in food, including foods that are found in the diet of other countries
  • illustrative material relating to advertising claims for foods, eg from magazines
  • database and spreadsheet software
  • simulation software illustrating digestion and transport of substances in the blood
  • a collection of food packaging, including cereal packets showing nutritional contents
  • media reports, magazine, newspaper and television advertisements relating to food and diet

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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