- The Five Senses
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Do your children know the five senses? Ask them to draw a picture
linked to each sense on this handy table. Contributed by Sherrie
Bendjedidi. - Smells
Experiment
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An enjoyable experiment which tests children's sense of smell!
Contributed by Gillian Watson. - Don't Shout! - Teach children about their voices, so you don't have to raise yours.
- Healthy
Meals
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Can your children design a healthy meal? Use this handy sheet
to help them! Contributed by Amanda Jones. - Healthy Drinks
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Can your children design a brand new healthy drink which could
be sold in local shops? Contributed by Kirsty Boulton. - Food and our Body
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A helpful sheet which helps children to learn about different
types of food and their effect on the body. Contributed by Sherrie
Bendjedidi. - Healthy
School Dinners
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A menu frame on which children can invent a school menu for
a week. It links to healthy eating in Science and follows on
from a lesson on balanced diets and food groups. Contributed
by Anna Birne. - Investigating Teeth - An investigation to help children to learn more about human and animal teeth.
- Human Teeth
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Useful information and pictures related to human teeth. Contributed
by Jane Clipston. - Teeth
and Eating Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Teeth and Eating' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook and
Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based upon BBC
Bitesize. - Teeth and Healthy Eating Vocabulary
- A set of vocabulary cards which can be used for display or when teaching children about vocabulary linked to this topic. - Taste Buds
- A worksheet which asks pupils to think about taste and their favourite foods. Contributed by Ambika Anand. - The Skeleton - A handy worksheet on which children have to identify different parts of the skeleton.
- The Circulatory System - A highly active way of teaching children about circulation within the body.
- Body Parts - An active method of learning about parts of the body.
- Five Senses
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A complete lesson plan with worksheets (PDF) based on all of the
five senses. Contributed by Amber Mallow. - Identify the Smell - Test your children's sense of smell with this simple Science idea.
- Brain Functions
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Find out what different parts of the brain have to deal with and
record them on this sheet. Contributed by Iman Bendjedidi. - Moving and
Growing
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A complete set of plans (in PDF), contributed by Carl Wood,
related to QCA Unit 4A. - Moving
and Growing Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Moving and Growing' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based
upon BBC
Bitesize. - Being Healthy
- A presentation with lots of activity ideas, linked to being healthy. Contributed by Rebecca Tranter. - Eat your Colours
- Can your pupils think of fruit and vegetables to draw in each section of the colour wheel? Contributed by the Vegetarian Society. - What is a Vegetarian?
- Information and activities which help children to understand what 'vegetarian' means. Contributed by the Vegetarian Society. - Food Groups
- Can you identify how each type of food affects your body? Contributed by Rachel Barrett. - Keeping
Healthy Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Keeping Healthy' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based
upon BBC
Bitesize. - Health
and Growth Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Health and Growth' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based
upon BBC
Bitesize. - Additives - A Science investigation involving food additives, and which involves work in a number of subjects.
- Bread - Some useful worksheets to help children when finding out about bread.
- Science Comics - Brains
- Use this comic and the related practical idea to share how the nervous system sends messages. Contributed by Michael Cantrell.
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