Hello, my name is Miss Willow and I'm going to be guiding you through today's learning.

Today's lesson is called Finding Health Information Online, and it forms part of our unit called Media Influence: How do I decide what is true online? During this lesson, we're going to be mentioning a little bit about illness, so for this reason, we recommend that you have an adult with you during this lesson.

If at any point you do become uncomfortable or upset, it's really important that you close the screen and that you go and speak to a trusted adult.

Okay, let's make a start on today's learning.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to explain the importance of accurate health information online and you'll be able to explain how to verify health information.

Before we make a start on today's lesson, we need to go over some ground rules.

These help to make sure that everyone stays safe and comfortable throughout today's lesson.

Laura says that we need to listen to other people.

That means we are not going to interrupt other people if they're speaking.

Andeep says," We need to respect each other's privacy," and that means we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

Jacob says, "We need to not have any judgement ." That means we're not going to judge other people for what they feel, what they say, or what they've experienced.

And Izzy says, "That we can choose our level of participation." That means it's up to us how much we want to join in.

We are now going to go through the keywords for today's lesson.

These are gonna pop up multiple times throughout today's lesson, so it's important that we have a good understanding of what each word means.

First of all, we've got wellbeing.

This is our physical and mental health.

Accurate, this means when something is exact or correct.

Misinformation, this is false or inaccurate information.

Getting the facts wrong.

Verify, this means to decide if information is accurate and trustworthy.

And vaccine, this is a medicine that can prevent some diseases and serious illnesses.

Today's lesson is split into three learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called Why is Health Information Important? Our second learning cycle is called How Can We Verify Health Information? And our final learning cycle is called What Are the Consequences of Believing Lies? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle.

Why is health information important? Understanding how to be healthy is important and it can affect our wellbeing and our life expectancy.

Our wellbeing is made up of our physical health and our mental health.

Our life expectancy is a general idea of how long we're expected to live for.

By understanding how to be healthy, we are helping our body to live for as long as it can.

By staying as healthy as we can throughout our lives, we can help our body to get here.

So having a really long life expectancy.

Female life expectancy is about 82, and male life expectancy is about 78.

Our life expectancy is a guess based on our lifestyle and overall health, but it is different for everyone.

Jen says, "That some people live much longer than the expected life expectancy." And Laura says, "That life expectancy isn't set in stone as it can change over time." Accurate health information allows us to make the best choices for our health and our wellbeing.

We know when to go to a doctor.

We know how to make healthy choices.

For example, diet and exercise.

We also know what we need to do when we're ill.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're getting on.

Why is having access to accurate health information important? A, it can improve our wellbeing.

B, it means you will never get sick or C, it supports us to make healthy choices.

What do you think? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done, if you said A and C, It is important to have access to accurate health information because it can improve our wellbeing and it supports us to make healthy choices.

Well done if you got this right.

There is a large amount of misinformation online about how to stay healthy.

This is often because many people are interested in knowing how to stay healthy, quick and easy ways to stay healthy, how to prevent or cure illness.

Aisha says, "That being healthy is fairly simple, but it isn't necessarily quick or easy," so this kind of misinformation can spread quickly, especially across the internet.

Health misinformation is also likely to get a lot of views, likes, comments, and shares online as it can make people feel shocked or it can also make them feel worried.

This makes people who want to get popular online more likely to post health misinformation.

Health misinformation can also earn businesses a lot of money.

Some people will pay money if they believe it will make them healthier, so businesses can use misinformation to promote their products.

They might say things like this pill, will you lose weight.

This drink will make your hair grow, or this powder will make your muscles stronger.

All of these things might not be true, but companies might use them because they know that people will spend money if they think that these will be the potential outcomes.

Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're getting on.

True or false? Everyone who posts health information online only wants to make people healthier.

What do you think? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said false, but why? Some health information may be misinformation as this is common online.

And people who are posting it could be trying to get views, likes and followers, or they could be trying to earn money.

Well done if you said the same thing or something similar.

Now, let's put your learning from this learning cycle into practise.

Fill in the blanks to show your understanding of health information.

At the bottom of the screen, there are some words which you can use to fill in the blanks in the paragraph.

Pause the video, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Okay, let's have a look and see where those missing words should be.

Your completed paragraph should look like this.

Understanding how to be healthy is important and can affect our wellbeing and life expectancy.

Accurate health information helps us know when to go to a doctor, how to make healthy choices and what to do when we are ill.

Health misinformation is common online and can make people feel shocked or worried.

However, it can also make businesses money.

Well done if you put the words in the right place.

You are doing a fantastic job so far.

Now let's move on to our second learning cycle.

How can we verify health information? We need to know how to verify information to decide if health information is accurate.

We can ask, does it seem real? For example, if someone said, "Carrots make you see in the dark," we can think that this seems unlikely as many people eat carrots, and they're still not able to see in the dark.

This would be an example of health misinformation.

We can also ask where did the information come from? We might see something like "New studies states that oxygenated water increases mental performance," but if this is not from a trustworthy website like the NHS website, we need to consider that it might be health misinformation.

It's really important to only get information from trustworthy sources like the NHS website.

Some websites can look scientific, but they still contain health misinformation.

People who want to spread health misinformation know that people are more likely to believe something if it looks scientific, even if it's not true.

As Andeep says, "In the UK, a reliable and trustworthy source of health information is the NHS website." We're now going to do another check for understanding.

True or false? If a website looks scientific, we can trust the health information it gives.

Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said false, but why? Some people will post misinformation that looks scientific because they know that some people will believe it.

In the UK, we should only get health information from the NHS website as this is a trustworthy source.

If we see health information online that we want to verify, we can crosscheck it with a trusted website like the NHS website here.

Laura has seen a website, it's called Quick Health Tips, and she's seen that it says eating chocolate gets rid of a cold.

Laura says, "I'm not sure about this, so I'm going to check the NHS website as this is a trusted website." When Laura goes to the NHS website, she can see that it says If you have a cold eat healthy foods.

Laura can now see that the other website was sharing misinformation because the NHS has said to eat healthy foods if you have a cold.

Sometimes the website will share a mixture of both misinformation and accurate health information.

They do this because they know that if they share some accurate health information, people are more likely to assume that everything they share is accurate.

Alex says, "If you're not sure, you can always check with a trusted adult." Let's do another check for understanding.

In the UK, where can people get accurate online health information? A, news articles.

B, NHS website.

Or C, social media? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said B, the NHS website.

You are now going to put your learning from this learning cycle into practise.

Give three pieces of advice to Izzy on how she can verify the health information that she's found online.

Izzy has gone online and she can see on the website Quick health tips.

It says staying up late gets rid of a cold.

Izzy says, "I'm not sure about this, what should I do?" Can you give three pieces of advice to her on how she can verify this health information? Pause the video, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Okay, let's have a look and see what you might have said.

You might have said that Izzy could ask herself if it seems real.

She could look at the website that it came from to see if it comes from a trustworthy source.

She could also crosscheck the information with the NHS website.

Well done if you said the same thing, or if you had something similar.

Okay, we're now going to move on to our final learning cycle.

What are the consequences of believing lies? There are untrue conspiracy theories around health information and these can be dangerous.

Conspiracy theories are ideas that an event or situation is part of a secret plan, or a plot by someone else or an organisation.

Here we've got the conspiracy theory monster, so the conspiracy theory monster is saying the cold virus was created by cold medicine companies to make money.

This is an example of a conspiracy theory.

Vaccines are medicines which are given to protect people from some serious illnesses or diseases.

Vaccines allow people's body to build up a defence against potentially very dangerous diseases.

Vaccines are lifesaving and vital to health and public health, and when we say public health, this means the health of the people around us.

There are different theories about vaccines resulting in some people choosing not to get vaccinated against serious diseases.

There are theories that suggest that vaccines can cause certain illnesses, conditions, or disabilities.

Some people are not able to take vaccines.

This might be because they have a condition that means that the vaccine would make them very ill, or their body would not heal from the injection.

People who are pregnant also cannot have certain medicines or vaccines.

Now we're going to do a check for understanding.

True or false? Vaccines can cause illness, conditions and disabilities.

Pause the video, turn to the person next to you.

Tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said false, but why? There is a lot of evidence that vaccines are lifesaving and vital to health and the health of the public, but there are some theories that vaccines can cause illness, conditions and disabilities.

Some of the consequences of people not having vaccines because they believe different theories are some illnesses that have been significantly reduced through vaccines, are now unfortunately becoming more common.

In some cases, people have become seriously ill or died, because they believed the incorrect theories about vaccines.

Vaccines have to be tested carefully before they're used to ensure that they're safe.

Any previous research suggesting that vaccines can cause certain conditions has been found to not be accurate.

Vaccines help us to protect our health and the health of everyone around the world.

Now let's do another check for understanding.

Which of these statements about vaccines are true? A, vaccines are harmful and unsafe as they can cause illness.

B, not being vaccinated can cause serious illness or even death.

Or C, vaccines play a vital role in keeping ourselves and others healthy.

Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done If you said that B and C are true.

It is true that not being vaccinated can cause serious illness or even death.

It is also true that vaccines play a vital role in keeping ourselves and others healthy.

Well done, if you got this right.

Following health misinformation and inaccurate health information can be harmful and even deadly.

Accurate health information has been scientifically proven to be safe and can help you to stay healthy.

Inaccurate health information could lead to someone becoming ill, more ill than they were, or even dying.

It can be difficult to tell how harmful health misinformation is.

For example, we might see something online that says eating chocolate gets rid of a cold.

This is an example of health misinformation that might not necessarily be harmful, but it might not help you to get better.

Other health misinformation can be really dangerous to follow.

For example, someone might see online that it says cancer treatments don't work.

This could be a conspiracy theory, and this is an example of some health misinformation that could be really dangerous if it was followed.

It could lead someone to not get the healthcare that they need.

To keep ourselves safe and healthy, there are lots of resources available to us to learn from.

We can use the NHS website to learn about accurate health information.

We can go to a doctor or a pharmacy and they will give us accurate health information.

We can also talk to our trusted adults if we have any worries or questions about our health.

Now let's do another check for understanding.

Is this statement true or false? Following health misinformation online can be harmful and even and deadly.

What do you think? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done, if you said true.

It is true that following health misinformation online can be harmful and in some cases it can even be deadly.

Now let's move on to your final practise task.

I'd like you to correct each people's statement so that they don't contain any mistakes.

Try to include as much detail as you can in your corrections.

Sophia says, "That vaccines are dangerous and they can cause you to become ill." This is an example of something that isn't true, so can you help Sophia come up with the right answer? Jim says, "That it is safe to follow health misinformation online because it is not always harmful." This is also incorrect, so can you make sure that Jim says the correct answer? Pause the video, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Okay, your correct statements might look a little bit like this.

Sophia says, "That vaccines are carefully tested to make sure that they're safe." Vaccines help us to stay healthy and they help us to keep everyone around us safe and healthy too.

Jen now says," We should never follow health misinformation online as it is difficult to tell how much harm something will cause us some health misinformation can be dangerous and even and deadly." Well done if you had this or something similar.

We're now going to summarise the key learning from today's lesson.

Knowing where to find accurate health information helps us to stay safe and healthy.

Health misinformation is common online, because people can get more money and engagement from it.

This means things like likes, shares and followers.

It is important to know ways that we can verify if information online is true or not, and finally, we've learned that following inaccurate health advice can be dangerous for our health.

Trusted adults can always help us to make healthy choices that are right for us.

During this lesson, we've talked about some tricky topics, and you might feel like you need some support or someone to turn to if you've got any questions.

You should always speak to a trusted adult if you've got any worries or concerns, and there are also some organisations on the screen who are there to support you if you need it.

Well done for your fantastic hard work today.

I'm really proud of you, and I hope to see you again soon.