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Evidence about healthy lifestyle: do and review (non-statutory)

I can evaluate a range of scientific reports about healthy and unhealthy lifestyles.

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Year 6

Evidence about healthy lifestyle: do and review (non-statutory)

I can evaluate a range of scientific reports about healthy and unhealthy lifestyles.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Scientists collect evidence from research that helps us to make informed choices about healthy lifestyles.
  2. We can determine the reliability of a source by looking at who wrote it, for what purpose and using what evidence.
  3. It is important to examine information from a range of reliable sources.

Common misconception

Pupils may think than any information written down or published online is automatically reliable and trustworthy, purely because of its appearance in the public sphere.

Use the lesson resources to explain how information sources, particularly those online, can vary in terms of reliability and that there are things we can do to help determine how much we can trust the information we find.

Keywords

  • Lifestyle - A person’s lifestyle is the way they choose to live.

  • Evidence - Evidence is information we can use to prove or disprove scientific ideas.

  • Enquiry - An enquiry is an investigation to find out more about something.

  • Reliable - A reliable source is one where you can trust the information that the source provides.

  • Evaluate - To evaluate a source of information is to judge its quality or reliability.

Equipment

None required.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
A person’s lifestyle is...
how many siblings they have.
only the hairstyle they choose to have.
Correct answer: the way they choose to live.
Q2.
Which of these substances have a negative impact on the body?
Correct answer: alcohol in wine
drugs prescribed by a doctor
Correct answer: nicotine in vape pens
protein in chicken
iron in cereal
Q3.
Which of the following would have a positive impact on our heart health?
Correct answer: regular physical activity
regular alcohol intake
Correct answer: a balanced diet
occasional smoking or vaping
frequent sugary snacks
Q4.
What is a conclusion?
It explains the method to carry out an enquiry.
Correct answer: It explains what the results from an enquiry show or mean.
It is a table showing the data found during an enquiry.
Q5.
We can use evidence from enquiries to find out about things that affect our health. What is evidence?
Correct answer: Information we can use to prove or disprove scientific ideas.
Information which has been gathered a very long time ago.
A collection of theories created by famous scientists.
A collection of ideas written down in a book.
Q6.
We can learn more about things by carrying out research using secondary sources. What are secondary sources?
Sources created using information that cannot be proved.
Sources created using information that is very old.
Correct answer: Sources created using information gathered by others.
Sources created only by people in secondary school.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Scientists collect from enquiries that helps us to make informed choices about healthy lifestyles.
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Correct Answer: evidence, data, results, information
Q2.
When we evaluate a secondary source for reliability we are checking to see…
Correct answer: whether we can trust the information in it.
if it has been presented in a clear and accessible way.
how popular it has been with our friends and family.
how long it takes to read the information.
Q3.
Which of these will not help us to determine the reliability of a source?
Finding out who wrote it.
Determining what the purpose of the source is.
Correct answer: Finding out how many likes it received on social media.
Looking at what evidence was used to write it.
Correct answer: Looking at how many paragraphs long it is.
Q4.
Which of these statements about secondary sources of information is correct?
Sources found online are always more reliable than those in books.
Any published source of information must be factually accurate.
Correct answer: Both online and printed information sources can vary in reliability.
Only information printed in books is trustworthy.
Q5.
Izzy would like to find out more about how alcohol would affect the human body. Which of these websites are likely to have the most reliable information for her to examine?
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A blog belonging to a company that brews beer.
Correct answer: A government website with statistics about alcohol-related diseases.
A newspaper article about alcoholic drinks trends.
A video by an influencer who describes how she felt after consuming alcohol.
Q6.
Why is it important to examine more than one source when looking for information to support decision making?
More reading practice will help to make us skilled readers.
Reading a lot of different sources prepares us for tests about healthy living.
Correct answer: Different enquiries may have found different results to consider.
Correct answer: Reading multiple sources may help us identify false or misleading information.

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