A persistent deviation from a person’s normal appearance, body function or behaviour.

A virus, bacterium or other microorganism that causes disease.

Non-living infectious agents that can replicate inside a host cell.

Unicellular microorganisms that do not have a cell nucleus.

Differences between infectious and non-infectious disease

Science

The gas exchange system in healthy humans

Lifestyle diseases

Asthma

Smoking

Vaping

Recreational drug use: depressants

Recreational drug use: stimulants

Solvent abuse

Pupils will learn more about non-communicable diseases in humans including cardiovascular diseases and cancer; and about communicable diseases in humans and plants caused by pathogens including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists.

Pupils learned about the major food groups, eating a balanced diet and how it affects health. Pupils also looked at food labels and calculated the amount of energy provided by different foods and investigated the effects of exercise on heart rate and breathing rate.

This unit explores the human gas exchange system, focusing on the impact of exercise, asthma, smoking, recreational drugs, and the differences between infectious and non-infectious diseases. It emphasises understanding scientific methods, evidence, risk evaluation, and peer review importance.

Disease and drugs

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which of the following can cause disease?

Which diseases are associated with obesity?

A {{}} is a microorganism that causes disease.

Which type of disease cannot be passed from person to person?

people that live in poverty and don't have access to education or healthy food

everyone is at an equal risk of non-infectious diseases

people who don’t exercise regularly are most at risk

Some children were asked “Who is most at risk of developing non-infectious diseases?” Who has given the best description? 

What two things do you need to know to calculate a person’s body mass index (BMI)?

If a man has a BMI of 44, what category would he be in?

The overall health of a person includes both physical and {{}} health. 

Which serious disease can lead to extreme weight loss and starvation?

Which type of muscle do we find in the heart?

transports oxygen to cells and carbon dioxide to the lungs

Differences between infectious and non-infectious disease

Lesson outcome

Content guidance