Description:

In this unit pupils learn:

• How the human respiratory, digestive and circulatory systems interact to maintain activity
• About the functions of the skeleton
• About ways in which diet, exercise, smoking and drugs affect health

In scientific enquiry pupils:

• Find out how scientists linked diseases to a lack of specific nutrients
• Consider how the work of different scientists has contributed to a medical advance
• Work collaboratively to collect sufficient valid and reliable data to form conclusions
• Evaluate conflicting evidence investigate reaction time, considering how factors which cannot be controlled can be taken into account