Staying healthy
I can present information to help humans live a healthy life.
Staying healthy
I can present information to help humans live a healthy life.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- It is important for humans to have good hygiene in order to live a healthy life.
- It is important for humans to exercise and eat the right amounts of different types of food.
- Scientists share important information by presenting it in different ways.
Keywords
Healthy - The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well.
Hygiene - Hygiene means keeping yourself and where you live clean.
Unhealthy - Something that is unhealthy is not good for your health.
Presenting - Presenting information is to show or share it with others.
Common misconception
Being seen as ‘healthy’ or ‘unhealthy’ is linked to personal attributes as well as physical attributes (such as regarding an unhealthy character as lazy or untidy).
Reminders that there are simple measures that a human can take to help them to lead a healthy life, such as having a healthy diet, having good personal hygiene and exercising regularly.
To help you plan your year 2 science lesson on: Staying healthy, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 science lesson on: Staying healthy, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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Explore more key stage 1 science lessons from the Healthy me unit, dive into the full secondary science curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Resources to support different ways of presenting such as paper, pencils or pens, cameras or tablets for photographing or videoing.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Creating instructions on how humans should brush their teeth.
Making a poster about how much food humans should eat.
Giving a presentation to a food company.