Calcium, Iron and Vitamins: teacher key

Healthy Eating, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Meet the vitamins and nutrients in food and what each one does. Then follow food into your body.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does calcium help build?
   • Tall trees
   • Strong bones and teeth (answer)
   • Fast cars
2. Which food is a dairy food that has calcium?
   • Cheese (answer)
   • Carrots
   • Potatoes
3. Where does the body take digested nutrients into the blood?
   • The mouth
   • The esophagus
   • The small intestine (answer)
4. What does iron help make?
   • Red blood cells (answer)
   • Saliva
   • Fibre
5. What starts to break down starches while food is in your mouth?
   • Saliva (answer)
   • Calcium
   • Iron

Words

• protein: body builder
• calcium: bone helper
• saliva: mouth juice
• nutrients: food helpers
• fibre: plant part