Unit 3a:
Teeth and Eating 

Describe an adequate and varied diet for humans, recognising that there are many ways of achieving this; explain how they should look after their teeth and recognise why they need to do so.

Label teeth Online activity
www.pheaseyparkfarm.walsall.sch.uk
What is each tooth called? (adult and children)

Powerpoint Resource - (Greenwich ICT)

Direct2U Lesson Plan
This activity uses a resource from the Teachers Resource Exchange to support work on the types and structure of teeth. The resource may be downloaded free of charge and used off line.
forum.ngfl.gov.uk

Use the Intel Microscope to take photos of a tooth, that has been put in coca-cola, over several hours.
Guidance on using Intel Microscope

Look inside mouths at teeth. Look at disinfected teeth that have fallen out.

Children could use a database or spreadsheet to analyse data about types of food in school lunches.

Produce a spreadsheet to categorise favourite foods. Each pupil enters their own data, totals the number in each category and produces a pie chart of the categories showing the balance of their favourite foods.

Create a Poster
ICT Link Unit 3A To combine graphics and text to communicate information

Explain to the children that they are going to produce a poster to illustrate foods for growth and foods that help us stay active. Discuss with the children what constitutes a balanced and healthy diet. Talk about the possible audience for such a poster, e.g. Where could the poster be located? What age group might the poster be aimed at? How would this affect the content and layout? What sort of information should the poster contain?

Ask the children to work in pairs to produce their poster. Encourage them to select and insert appropriate pictures from a prepared bank of images. Remind them to use key word searches when locating their images in the large database. Children should choose appropriate font sizes, colours and styles to convey their message. Remind them to save their work with an appropriate file name and location.

Show the class some examples of the posters using a whiteboard or data projector, and ask children to explain their choices of font size, colour and layout. What have they learnt? What might they do differently next time?

Science Display Resources
www.schoolslinks.co.uk

Websites

Facts about animal teeth (Did you know dolphins have 200 teeth?)
news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews

Healthy Teeth: Hands-On Science Activities (Education World)

BBC Science Clips	Teeth Activities crick.northants.sch.uk	Science Essentials Channel 4

healthyteeth.org	teethwise.org

Resources and Activities firstschoolyears.com	Welltown welltown.gov.uk	IWB Activity ngfl-cymru.org.uk

Healthy Eating crick.northants.sch.uk	IWB Activity ngfl-cymru.org.uk	The Truth about Teeth kidshealth.org