Healthy Body: Diet, Exercise, Drugs and Lifestyle — Interactive Lesson (Year 6)

How do the choices we make every day change the way our bodies work? This 15-slide interactive lesson on healthy lifestyle builds understanding one small step at a time, with 9 self-marking activities and nothing to prepare beforehand.

Teaching Healthy Body: Diet, Exercise, Drugs and Lifestyle in KS2 Science

Pupils describe a balanced diet and what each food group does, then explain how exercise raises the heart rate and strengthens the heart, lungs and muscles. They learn the difference between medicines and harmful drugs, and how smoking and alcohol damage the lungs, brain and liver.

What Pupils Will Learn

• Describe a balanced diet and what each food group does.
• Explain how exercise affects the heart and body.
• Explain the difference between medicines and harmful drugs.
• Describe how smoking and alcohol damage the body.

What’s Included

• 15-slide interactive lesson on healthy lifestyle
• 9 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
• A written explanation task with a model answer for self-assessment

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 KS2 Science (Year 6 programme of study: Animals, including humans) and the Nigerian Basic Science and Technology curriculum for Primary 6.

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FAQ

What year groups is this for? Year 6 (ages 7–11), and Primary 6 in Nigeria.

Is it self-marking? Yes — all 9 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.