At the end of this unit
in terms of scientific enquiry
most pupils will: select and make effective use of secondary sources of information about health, indicating how strongly evidence supports or does not support a conclusion; plan how to carry out appropriately an investigation using human subjects
some pupils will not have made so much progress and will: select information from secondary sources about health; use data obtained to draw a conclusion; investigate a question using human subjects safely and appropriately
some pupils will have progressed further and will:
synthesise information about health and identify limitations in the data assembled; explain some methods adopted to carry out an investigation on human subjects safely and appropriately
in terms of life processes and living things
most pupils will: describe how the body uses the energy in food, representing respiration by a word equation; describe some effects of diet, smoking, alcohol and other drugs and of exercise on some organ systems; explain how different body systems work together in a healthy individual
some pupils will not have made so much progress and will: describe some effects of diet, smoking, alcohol and other drugs and of exercise on the body and on a developing foetus
some pupils will have progressed further and will:
describe how cells in the respiratory system are adapted for their purpose and how they may be damaged by smoking and other forms of air pollution; represent respiration by a symbol equation
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