Year 6 · Science
Healthy Bodies: Lifestyle
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Focus on how diet exercise and drugs affect the body. Start with “Explore Alternative Diets”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 6 learners practise how diet exercise and drugs affect the body.
The activities include Explore Alternative Diets, Investigate the Effect of Exercise on our Circulation, Look at Diet and Exercise, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, teaching-practice, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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Activities covered
- Explore Alternative Diets
- Investigate the Effect of Exercise on our Circulation
- Look at Diet and Exercise
- Look at Different Microbes
- Understand the Difference Between Harmful and Beneficial Drugs
- Understand the Importance of Diet and Exercise
- Understand What Makes a Healthy Body
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The Impact of a Balanced Diet
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Heart Recovery Time After Exercise
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Healthy heart rate
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Grouping Micro-organisms
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Legal and illegal drugs
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Learn it properly
lessons and teaching pages
How Do You Eat Like an Arctic Explorer?
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Science: Animals Including Humans: Exercise Investigation Year 6 Lesson 5
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Y6 The Impact of Diet, Exercise, Drugs and Lifestyle on Bodies PowerPoint
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Grouping Micro-organisms: Slides, Worksheet and Quizzes
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UKS2 It's My Body: Harmful Substances Lesson Pack
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Science: Animals Including Humans: Drugs and Alcohol Year 6 Lesson 6
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The Impact of a Balanced Diet: Worksheet and Quizzes
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Heart Recovery Time After Exercise: Worksheet and Quizzes
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Legal and illegal drugs worksheet and quiz downloads
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Print and finish
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UKS2 All About Healthy Eating Reading Comprehension
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KS2 Science: Microorganisms Worksheet
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Microorganisms Worksheet
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Factors Impacting the Body Hexagon Writing Template
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