Science Organisms & Life Processesusually ages 11–13

Nutrients in a Healthy Diet

Identify the seven components of a healthy diet — carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, and water — and explain the role of each in the body

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Names all seven dietary components and a food source for each
Explains what each nutrient does in the body (e.g. proteins for growth and repair)
Identifies which nutrients provide energy and which do not

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Try this together

If your child was planning a packed lunch, could they explain what each food group does for the body — why we need protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals?

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Builds on

Animal Nutritionages 7–8KS3 detailed diet components extend KS2 understanding that animals need the right nutrition

Nutrients in a Healthy Dietthis skill · ages 11–13

Unlocks

Calculating Dietary Energyages 11–13Calculating energy requirements requires knowing which dietary components provide energy

Diet Imbalance & Deficiencyages 11–13Understanding imbalanced diet consequences requires knowing what a balanced diet looks like

Digestion & Enzymesages 11–13Digestion is the mechanism by which nutrients from diet become available to cells

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Curriculum alignment

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Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2TDE6C03low confidenceDesign and Technologies · Levels 5 and 6 · Technologies Contexts strand

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Calculating Dietary Energyages 11–13 Cells to Organ Systemsages 11–12 Cells Under the Microscopeages 11–12 Diet Imbalance & Deficiencyages 11–13

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