Unit 3A: Teeth and eating
General
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Click here for the teeth and eating unit from the BBC.
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Click here for general worksheets on food.
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1. Introduction
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Click here for a lesson plan and food diary worksheet.
Click here on what I ate today worksheet - separated into the food groups.
Click here for a worksheet on fruit and vegetables you have eaten today.
2. Types of food
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Click here for a lesson plan on why we need food.
Click here for a teacher reference page on different foods.
Click here for food groups for children.
Click here for a lesson plan on food groups (simple)
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Click here to learn what each type of food does in your body.
3. Eating for health
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Click here for a balanced vegan diet.
Click here for a macrobiotic diet.
Click here for a balanced diet worksheet and lesson plan.
4. What animals eat
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Click here for a worksheet on what an animal eats.
Click here to see what a hippo and a dragonfly eat.
Click here for a nice page of different animals. You could use an interactive whiteboard and discuss what they each eat.
Click here for advice about keeping different pets - You can even get your own virtual pet for the classroom!
5. Investigating what pets eat
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Click here for more advice on looking after pets.
Click here for advice on pets from a pet shop.
6. Looking at teeth
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Click here for information on teeth - good for interactive whiteboard.
Click here for worksheet and lesson plan on teeth from the BBC.
Click here for investigation into teeth.
7. Different types of teeth
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Click here finding out what our teeth do.
Click here for an interactive lesson on teeth.
Click here for a nice display of teeth and what they do.
8. Losing milk teeth
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Click here for background reading on why milk teeth fall out.
Click here for pictures of milk teeth.
Click here for child friendly facts on milk teeth.
9. Healthy teeth
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Click here for keeping teeth healthy.
Click here for worksheets and ideas on keeping teeth clean.
Click here and go to page 55 for a great experiment with milk teeth!
Click here for a lesson on Donkeys good teeth and rotten teeth.
10. Review
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Click here for a child friendly quiz - good for interactive whiteboard.
Click here for a sample fact sheet on teeth.
Click here for a wordsearch on teeth.
Click for lots of fun healthy eating activities.
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