Keeping healthy
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from Healthy me, where they explored the importance of exercise, balanced nutrition, and hygiene for maintaining good health. In Keeping healthy, pupils will deepen their understanding by learning how lifestyle choices, such as diet and physical activity, affect long-term health and well-being. This prepares them for the next unit, Diet and exercise, where they will explore the specific impacts of nutrition and exercise on the body, reinforcing how healthy habits contribute to overall fitness and health.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene
- Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition
- Identify that animals including humans cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat
Threads
Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from Healthy me, where they explored the importance of exercise, balanced nutrition, and hygiene for maintaining good health. In Keeping healthy, pupils will deepen their understanding by learning how lifestyle choices, such as diet and physical activity, affect long-term health and well-being. This prepares them for the next unit, Diet and exercise, where they will explore the specific impacts of nutrition and exercise on the body, reinforcing how healthy habits contribute to overall fitness and health.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene
- Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition
- Identify that animals including humans cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat
Biology
Keeping healthy
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.
12 lessons in unit
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