Diet, drugs and lifestyle
Year 6
Unit Overview
In this unit, the children will learn about healthy lifestyle choices and the effects of harmful substances on the body.
❇ MEMORABLE MOMENT
Fun and interactive scientific investigation in to the impact of exercise on our bodies.
️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
We will be writing non-chronological reports detailing how to stay healthy
🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
We will take part in a range of exercise outside and investigate its impact on our circulatory system.
Unit Sequence
What impact does a diet have on the body? Recognise the impact of diet on the way bodies function.
What impact do drugs have on the body? Recognise the impact of drugs on the way bodies function.
What impact does cigarettes have on the body? Recognise the impact of drugs and lifestyle on the way bodies function.
What impact does exercise have on the body? Recognise the impact of exercise and lifestyle on the way bodies function.
Scientific Enquiry: Investigations
What can your heart rate tell you?
Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs.
Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way the human body functions.
🏁 BIG FINISH
The unit will culminate in children performing a five minute presentation in small groups to the rest of the class based around a chosen part of our topic.
📖 FOCUS TEXT(S)
Malorie Blackman's Pig Heart Boy