National curriculum content
- Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood.
- Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function.
- Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.
Lesson objectives
- Explain what we know about the circulatory system.
- Demonstrate how the circulatory system works.
- Describe the effect exercise has on our bodies.
- Describe the effect exercise has on our bodies.
- Explain how diet, drugs and lifestyle effects how our body functions.
- Conclude how science has helped a healthier lifestyle.
What we want children to know
- The difference between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
- How the circulatory system works together to keep us alive.
- How the body distributes nutrients to where they are needed.
- Why our heart beats faster and our breathing gets heavier after exercise.
What skills we want children to develop
- An understanding of the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet on the body.
- An understanding of the impact of drugs and alcohol on the body.
- How to find the pulse and use this to calculate heart rate (bpm).
- Describe the parts of the circulatory system and how they work together.
Vocabulary
Addiction, aorta, artery, atrium, capillaries, circulatory system, deoxygenated, exercise, nicotine, oxygenated, pulse, respiration, vein, ventricles.