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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9B: Fit and healthy

QCA

Out-of-school learning

Pupils could:

  • read publicly available leaflets on smoking, drugs and diet
  • find out about the strategies available to people wishing to give up smoking
  • talk to people who have managed to give up smoking and those who haven't
  • read articles in newspapers and magazines about fitness and exercise regimes, sports injuries and their cure
  • read fictional and non-fictional accounts of life in other cultures or of life 50-100 years ago

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. a. What do we mean by fit?
2. b. What do we mean by fit?
3. What helps the respiratory system to function?
4. What is the effect of smoking on the lungs and other body systems?
5. a. Why is diet important?
6. b. Why is diet important?
7. How does alcohol affect the body?
8. a. What else can we do to maintain fitness?
9. b. What else can we do to maintain fitness?
10. a. What effects do drugs have?
11. b. What effects do drugs have?
12. Are we healthier than our great-grandparents were?
13. Reviewing work