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Outreach: Primary School Activity on the Human Body


Fitting with the national curriculum key stages 1 and 2 framework document in England, an interactive and enjoyable session can be delivered to year-6 students covering the following points

Objectives of the Project

• geometry - the shapes of common mathematical shapes and how this relates to the molecules that make the body up;

• animals - what makes us humans and our dietary evolution;

• dietary issues - what do we need for a balanced and healthy diet and why?;


  • polymers - 'man-made' and naturally occurring biological molecules and how they make us what we are;
  • nutrition - how our body takes-in and breaks-down all food types;
  • digestive system - how our food gets into our bodies and makes us grow and repair new and old cells;
  • drugs exercise and lifestyle - what is a drug and how do they work in the body.


 
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