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Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 5A: Keeping healthy

QCA

Where this unit fits in

Builds on Unit 3A 'Teeth and eating' and Unit 4A 'Moving and growing'

Children need:

  • to recognise some common food types
  • to understand that a balanced diet is important for health.
Links with Units 2D, 3C and 5C, personal, social and health education and physical education.

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1. Introduction
2. A poor diet
3. A varied diet
4. Exercising
5. The heart and lungs
6. Measuring pulse rate
7. Fast and slow pulse rates
8. Exercise and pulse rate
9. Drugs, tobacco, alcohol and health