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QCA

Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 5A: Keeping healthy

QCA

Resources

  • secondary sources eg reference books, CD-ROMs, the internet, leaflets about food from supermarkets, health centres and pharmacies, food labels
  • timing devices with an appropriate degree of accuracy (seconds not hundredths of seconds), possibly digital pulse meters
  • sources of information about drugs eg local health education authority
  • balloon pump or bicycle pump
  • video/other secondary sources illustrating the function of the heart
  • spreadsheet, graphing and DTP software

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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