ScienceOrganisms & Life ProcessesAges 7–8
Animal Nutrition
Understand that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition, and that animals cannot make their own food
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- Name the main food groups: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre, water
- Explain that animals get energy from food they eat, unlike plants which make their own
- Describe what happens with too much or too little of a food group (e.g. weak bones without calcium)
“Can your child explain why people need to eat different types of food like fruit, protein, and carbohydrates to stay healthy?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards
uk-nc-2013:Y3.Sci.A.1