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Lesson 4: Eating for survival

Understanding how animals, including humans, need to eat to get the nutrition they need to survive and how the body may use that energy.
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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

This lesson and unit build on knowledge and concepts introduced in the units Science, Year 2, Life cycles and health and Science, Year 2, Habitats big and small.

Ask the children:

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In this unit

Assessment – Science Y3: Movement and nutritionLesson 1: SkeletonsLesson 2: The bones in our bodyLesson 3: Muscles and movement
Lesson 4: Eating for survival
Lesson 5: Nutrient groupsLesson 6: Balanced diets
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 2 July 2026

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