Keeping Healthy: Exercise, Food and Hygiene — Interactive Lesson (Year 2)

What do all animals, including us, need to stay alive and healthy? This 13-slide interactive lesson on keeping healthy builds understanding one small step at a time, with 7 self-marking activities and nothing to prepare beforehand.

Teaching Keeping Healthy: Exercise, Food and Hygiene in KS1 Science

Children learn that animals, including humans, need water, food and air to live. They find out why exercise makes the heart and muscles strong, sort everyday foods from treats, and learn when to wash their hands and how often to brush their teeth to stop germs spreading.

What Pupils Will Learn

• Name what animals and humans need to live.
• Say why exercise is good for us.
• Know why we eat different kinds of food.
• Know how to keep clean and stop germs spreading.

What’s Included

• 13-slide interactive lesson on keeping healthy
• 7 self-marking activities: multiple-choice questions, true-or-false checks, sorting tasks and fill-in-the-gap questions
• Step-by-step teaching cards that reveal one point at a time

Why Teachers Love It

• No prep — open it on an interactive whiteboard, laptop or tablet
• Instant feedback explains every answer, right or wrong
• Everyday examples make science feel real
• Works for whole-class teaching, independent study or revision

Curriculum Alignment

Supports the UK National Curriculum for KS1 Science (Year 2 programme of study: Animals, including humans) and the Nigerian Basic Science and Technology curriculum for Primary 2.

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FAQ

What year groups is this for? Year 2 (ages 5–7), and Primary 2 in Nigeria.

Is it self-marking? Yes — all 7 activities give instant feedback.

Do pupils need to log in? No. The lesson runs in any modern web browser.

Can I use it for revision? Yes. Pupils can replay it as often as they like, and the results screen shows which questions to review before a test.