A muscle is a part of our body that contracts to produce movement.

Heart health is an important part of having a healthy body and good wellbeing.

Aerobic exercise is a repetitive, physical activity that uses large muscle groups in your body.

A fitness circuit is a type of workout involving a range of different exercises.

Healthy hearts

Science

The impact of a balanced diet

Healthy and sustainable proteins (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Mushrooms and mycoprotein (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Healthy heart rate

Heart recovery time after exercise

Legal and illegal drugs

The impact of smoking

The impact of alcohol

Monitoring and improving lifestyle choices (Climate Change & Sustainability)

Evidence about healthy lifestyle: do and review (non-statutory)

Evidence about healthy lifestyle: presentation (non-statutory)

In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils learn about diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function. In the Diet and exercise unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn more about food as a source of building materials and energy, as well as the effects of exercise on the human body.

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt to describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function

This unit examines how diet, exercise, drugs, and lifestyle impact body function. It focuses on planning scientific enquiries, controlling variables, taking precise measurements, and recording complex data. Emphasis is on presenting findings, drawing conclusions, and evaluating scientific evidence.

Keeping healthy

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

We can strengthen our heart muscle and improve our heart health by…

balanced with a range of different types of foods.

To improve heart health, our diet should be…

It is recommended that children have at least {{}} minutes of heart pumping aerobic exercise per day.

If you are a healthy weight then your heart must be healthy.

Your heart is made from muscle that can be strengthened just like other muscles.

Heart health can be improved by spending a lot of time sitting down.

Our diet has no impact on our heart health.

Which of these statements about heart health is true?

uses only the smaller muscles in your body.

is very quick and only takes a few seconds.

is repetitive and uses large muscle groups in your body.

Which of these activities are not aerobic exercises?

The organ which pumps blood around your body is called the ...

What happens to your heart rate when you exercise?

Heart rate is measured in bpm, which is short for ...

What is considered to be a healthy resting heart rate for an adult?

It is taken straight from the water we drink.

It is carried to the muscles in our blood.

It seeps through the skin into the muscles.

How is oxygen delivered to our muscles to help them work properly?

Healthy hearts

Lesson outcome

Content guidance