Nutrients are important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy.

When we digest food it is broken down so that nutrients can be used by the body.

The intestine is a long tube that is split into the small and large intestine, through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested.

Bloodstream is the flow or movement of blood throughout the body.

A model is used to describe something that can't be experienced directly.

How nutrients and water are transported within humans

Science

In this Human circulatory system unit, pupils learn about the function of the heart, blood and blood vessels in humans. In the Breathing and respiration unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn about the lungs and breathing, including gas exchange in humans. 

In the Healthy eating unit, pupils learnt that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat. In this The human circulatory system unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals including humans

This unit explores the human circulatory system, identifying the heart, blood vessels, and blood functions. It examines how diet, exercise, drugs, and lifestyle affect body function and details nutrient and water transport in animals. Emphasis is on data recording and presenting findings.

The human circulatory system

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Activity that requires collection of items from an area (room, building).

Important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy.

Components in food that are used by the body to function properly.

Natural things we find in our body used by the brain.

The part of the digestive system that helps to transfer nutrients into the bloodstream is the small ...

Alex used a sieve to represent part of the digestive system. Alex has made a ...

cereals, bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes

cereal, bread, beans, lentils, fruit, and vegetables

Match these nutrients to the foods we find them in.

Water and nutrients from food are transported in {{}} around the body to where they are needed.

Food enters the mouth and travels down the oesophagus.

Food is broken down further in the stomach and passed to the small intestine.

The small intestine transfers nutrients from food to the bloodstream.

The blood travels through blood vessels so the body can use nutrients from food.

Place this process in order starting with 'Food enters the mouth and travels down the oesophagus.'

The function of the {{}} is to pump blood around the body.

The average heart is the size of a clenched human ...

The tubes carrying blood around the body are called blood ...

Veins are blood vessels that return blood low in {{}} back to the heart.

Blood that is low in oxygen is called {{}} blood.

is made of different chambers with a muscle wall

carry oxygenated blood from the heart around the body

carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart

Match these parts of the human body to the statements.

Content guidance

Exploration of objects

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

How nutrients and water are transported within humans

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.