• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Food groups and a balanced diet). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Which nutrient is butter a good source of? (carbohydrates (for energy) / protein (for growth and repair) / fats (stored energy) / vitamins and minerals (to stay healthy)) → fats (stored energy)Prompt: Is it a starchy food, a meat or bean, an oil, or a fruit or vegetable?
2. Why do we need to drink water every day? (Our bodies are mostly water and we lose some all the time. / Water is a type of fat. / We do not need water. / Water gives us protein.) → Our bodies are mostly water and we lose some all the time.Prompt: We lose water when we sweat and breathe out.
3. Which food is a good source of fats (stored energy)? (strawberries / olive oil / beans / pasta) → olive oilPrompt: Think about which group each food belongs to.

• Ask everyone to find their pulse, then jump for 30 seconds and find it again.
• Share the objective: Food groups, nutrients and what each one does. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Which nutrient group matches this: vitamin C for healthy skin and gums?
• Step 1: Vitamins and minerals are needed in small amounts to stay healthy.
• Step 2: So the answer is: vitamins and minerals
• Answer: vitamins and minerals
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Which nutrient group matches this: calcium for strong bones and teeth? (carbohydrates / fibre (fiber) / proteins / vitamins and minerals) → vitamins and mineralsPrompt: Energy, growth, stored energy, small amounts for health, or keeping the gut moving?
2. A cereal bar contains 21 g of carbohydrate, 11 g of protein and 12 g of fat. Carbohydrate and protein each release 17 kJ per gram; fat releases 37 kJ per gram. How much energy does it provide, in kJ? → 988 kJPrompt: Work out the energy from each nutrient separately.

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. A cereal bar contains 10 g of carbohydrate, 9 g of protein and 10 g of fat. Carbohydrate and protein each release 17 kJ per gram; fat releases 37 kJ per gram. How much energy does it provide, in kJ? → 693 kJPrompt: Work out the energy from each nutrient separately.
2. A teenager eats lots of white bread and sweets but few vegetables, and has constipation. What should they add? (more sugar / more fat / more fibre (fiber) / more salt) → more fibre (fiber)Prompt: Which nutrient keeps food moving through the gut?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/science/grade-6.