Animal Nutrition

CONCEPTUAL

Science›Organisms & Life Processes|Ages 7—8|ID: mt_E1wR8IfCV6

Understand that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition, and that animals cannot make their own food

Mastery Evidence

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)

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] explain why people need to eat different types of food like fruit, protein, and carbohydrates to stay healthy?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

Y3.Sci.A.1The national curriculum in England

Animal and human nutrition

identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat

Science · Key Stage 2

Prerequisites2

Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores
softAges 5—6
What Living Things Need
hardAges 5—7

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Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores soft
Carnivore/herbivore/omnivore classification supports understanding nutrition differences
- Naming Common Animals hard
  Must identify animal groups before classifying by diet
What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic survival needs before learning about nutrition types and food groups
- Common Plants & Trees soft
  Knowing plants helps understand what they need
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
  Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Naming Common Animals soft
  Knowing animals helps understand what they need

Unlocks6

Diet, Exercise & Lifestyle
hardAges 10—11
Food Chains & Energy Transfer
softAges 8—9
Energy from Food & the Sun
hardAges 10—11
Balanced Diet & Food Groups
softAges 7—9
The Digestive System
hardAges 8—9
Nutrients in a Healthy Diet
hardAges 11—13