Year 6 · Science

Healthy Bodies: Lifestyle

Year 6 learners practise how diet exercise and drugs affect the body.

The activities include Explore Alternative Diets, Investigate the Effect of Exercise on our Circulation, Look at Diet and Exercise, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, interactive, lesson, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Explore Alternative Diets
Investigate the Effect of Exercise on our Circulation
Look at Diet and Exercise
Look at Different Microbes
Understand the Difference Between Harmful and Beneficial Drugs
Understand the Importance of Diet and Exercise
Understand What Makes a Healthy Body

Checked learning resources

The Impact of a Balanced Diet

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 lesson explains how food provides energy and nutrients and why a balanced diet must meet the body's needs.
Heart Recovery Time After Exercise

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 lesson investigates pulse rate before and after exercise and uses recovery time as evidence about circulatory response.
Grouping Micro-organisms

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 lesson distinguishes viruses, bacteria and fungi and explains that micro-organisms can be harmful or helpful in digestion, food production and the environment.
Legal and illegal drugs

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 science lesson, video, worksheet and quizzes explaining the difference between beneficial drugs used as helpful medicines and harmful legal or illegal drugs.
The Impact of a Balanced Diet: Worksheet and Quizzes

Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 worksheet and quizzes apply food-group, nutrient and energy knowledge when judging different diets.
How Do You Eat Like an Arctic Explorer?

Encounter Edu · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Ages 7-11 lesson links calories to energy in food and asks pupils to design a balanced, high-energy menu for an Arctic expedition.
UKS2 All About Healthy Eating Reading Comprehension

Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

UKS2 differentiated texts explain balanced eating and include vegetarian, vegan and other dietary requirements, directly supporting comparison of alternative diets.
Heart Recovery Time After Exercise: Worksheet and Quizzes

Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 worksheet and quizzes interpret heart-rate measurements and explain how exercise changes circulation.