Circulation and health

Exploring the heart and circulatory system through models and enquiries and considering how lifestyle choices affect our health.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Factors affecting health

Knowledge

  • To identify factors that affect our health and how to reduce their negative impact.

Working scientifically

  • To evaluate sources of information.

Lesson 2: The heart and circulatory system

Knowledge

  • To summarise the key structures and purpose of the circulatory system.

Lesson 3: Blood

Knowledge

  • To identify the key roles of blood.

Working scientifically

  • To evaluate a model.

Lesson 4: Heart rate

Knowledge

  • To explore the relationship between animal size and heart rate.

Working scientifically

  • To interpret patterns in data.

Lesson 5: Investigating exercise and heart rate

Knowledge

  • To investigate the relationship between exercise and heart rate.

Working scientifically

  • To write a method.

Lesson 6: Heart rate and fitness

Knowledge

  • To describe the relationship between heart rate and fitness.

Working scientifically

  • To draw a line graph.

Key skills

Planning

  • Suggesting which
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Key knowledge

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Key vocabulary

anomaly (Y5)

balanced diet (Y3)

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