EAL Nexus Resource © Bell Educational Trust 2016 EAL Nexus – free downloadable teaching materials This resource was originally developed by G. Aldwin and has been adapted for EAL Nexus. A balanced diet Speaking and writing frame cards Subject:Science Age group: Topic:Food and nutrition

_______contain(s) carbohydrates.

______contain(s) proteins.

______contain(s) fats.

______contain(s) vitamins.

______contain(s) minerals.

______contain(s) fibre. ______contain(s) water.

We need _____ to provide energy

We need _____ to repair our muscles

We need _____ to make new cell membranes and for energy

We need _____ to keep our bodies healthy

We need _____ to help the growth of teeth and bones

We need _____to keep our digestive system working well

We need _____ to keep our body cells hydrated

An orange A mango Bread Beans Bananas A tomato Beans An apple Fish Ice cream Broccoli Potatoes Milk Cabbage Avocadoes Pasta Cereal Rice Cheese Meat Salad Kiwifruit Butter Eggs An aubergine A pear Nuts Carrots carbohydrates proteins fats vitamins minerals fibre water carbohydrates proteins fats vitamins minerals fibre water and contain contains

We need carbohydrates proteins fats vitamins minerals fibre water to provide to make to repair to keep to help new cell membranes and energy. our muscles. our digestive system working well. the growth of teeth and bones. energy. our body cells hydrated. our bodies healthy.

An orange A mango Bread Beans Bananas A tomato Beans An apple Fish Ice cream Broccoli Potatoes Milk Cabbage Avocadoes Pasta Cereal Rice Cheese Meat Salad Kiwifruit Butter Eggs An aubergine A pear Nuts Carrots carbohydrates proteins fats vitamins minerals fibre water new cell membranes and energy our muscles our digestive system working well the growth of teeth and bones energy our body cells hydrated our bodies healthy which contain contains provide provides keep repairs help helps keeps make makes repair