Nutrition and digestion knowledge organiser
This two-page visual organiser contains essential knowledge to accelerate and reinforce students' understanding of nutrition and digestion.
How can I use these resources?
A complete collection to bring lessons on digestion, nutrition and photosynthesis to life. Includes posters, activity sheets, quizzes and more.
Essential science: Nutrition and digestion
Nutrition and digestion healthy diet quiz
An interactive quiz to assess your students' knowledge of nutrition and the components of healthy diets.
Nutrition and digestion check your learning
Use this alongside the nutrition and digestion knowlegde organiser to assess students' essential science knowledge or support revision.
Become a food scientist food test challenge
Students transform into food scientists, carrying out chemical tests to uncover the true identity of unlabeled solutions. This resource includes a student worksheet and teacher delivery guide.
Effects of an unbalanced diet patient cards activity sheet
A student worksheet for use during The effects of an unbalanced diet lesson. Students become diet detectives, using the patient information to diagnose their nutrient deficiencies.
Effects of an unbalanced diet nutrient fact files
For use during The effects of an unbalanced diet lesson. Cut the nutrient fact files and distribute amongst your students as they become diet detectives.
Effects of an unbalanced diet presentation
Turn your students into diet detectives as they diagnose nutrient deficiencies and consider the implications of ultra-processed foods (UPFs).
Nutrition and digestion gut microbiome poster
Uncover fascinating facts and new scientific breakthroughs about the trillions of microbes living in our gut microbiome with this striking two-page poster.
Nutrition and digestion: digestive system poster
Bring the organs of the digestive system, their functions and enzyme action to life with this vibrant poster.
Essential science: Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis knowledge organiser (11-14)
Consolidate learning with this photosynthesis knowledge organiser. Explore how plants use glucose, testing for starch and ensure your class knows the key vocabulary to talk about the topic.
Photosynthesis check your learning
Use this alongside the photosynthesis knowledge organiser to assess students' essential science knowledge or support revision.
Careers linked to plants and photosynthesis poster
Use this poster to link learning about plants and photosynthesis with the world of work and inspire students to think about potential future careers.
Photosynthesis interactive quiz
An interactive quiz detailing photosynthesis. Can students understand and answer questions in this quiz to test and build their knowledge around this topic? Let's find out!
Photosynthesis poster
Use this poster to learn about why plants need photosynthesis. Explore how the reactants and products of the reaction enter the plant and discover careers which need a knowledge of photosynthesis.
Real-world challenge resources
Become a food scientist food test challenge
Students transform into food scientists, carrying out chemical tests to uncover the true identity of unlabeled solutions. This resource includes a student worksheet and teacher delivery guide.
Ready. Steady. Science! Which food is the best to store for winter?
Investigate which food is the best to store for winter with these fun, winter-themed, low-prep practical activities.
Ready. Steady. Science! Which food is the best to store for winter? Answers
Teacher answers for the Ready. Steady. Science! Which food is the best to store for winter? activities.
Feed our future! Challenge presentation (secondary)
Use this presentation, with video clips presented by Stefan Gates, to recap healthy diets, to discover how our food affects our planet and inspire students to come up with a new food for the future.
Feed our future! Activity sheet (secondary)
Students use this activity sheet to describe their innovative new future-food.
Feed our future! Delivery guide (secondary)
A short guide with curriculum links, and step-by-step instructions for how to deliver the challenge in a 1-hour lesson. Includes ideas for diving deeper, if more time is available.
Careers connections resources
Food, nutrition and digestion: Job roles video
Connect Food, nutrition and digestion to careers with this video, showing students the variety of job opportunities in this field.
Food, nutrition and digestion: Amelia
Step into the world of a graduate food technologist and discover the science behind our favourite foods. From chocolate to deli meats, robots to international travel, this video shares the unexpected and varied opportunities available in STEM.
Food, nutrition and digestion: Mila
Meet a nutritionist and wellbeing coach to uncover the truth of diet-related treatments and the power of coaching to form healthy habits. Hear her views on GLP1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, and how there’s so much more to her role than writing meal plans.
Careers linked to plants and photosynthesis poster
Use this poster to link learning about plants and photosynthesis with the world of work and inspire students to think about potential future careers.
Feed our future! Poster
Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the food industry and encourage them to complete the Feed our future! challenge.