Year 6: Full Lesson Plan - Manual / Resource - Page 1
Y6 Science Lesson Plan
Fascinating Functions
This lesson plan covers national curriculum objectives for year 6 to support a unit of work focusing on how
external influences such as diet, lifestyle and exercise affect how the human body functions. However, it
can be adapted for use with younger or older learners.
We recommend you read through the plan carefully and adapt it to suit the needs of your learners. You
may wish to split the lesson over two sessions or devote an afternoon to the lesson to ensure you can
cover all the activities suggested.
This lesson could also be used as part of a day devoted to Guinness World Records activities, such as
Guinness World Records Day in November. Although helpful, you do not need a copy of any Guinness
World Records books to be able to teach this lesson.
The symbols used in this lesson plan and in the lesson presentation
indicate suggestions for partner work and group work.
Pair Work
Group Work
Key vocabulary
National curriculum learning objectives
diet, exercise, drugs, lifestyle,
circulatory, heart, blood vessels,
blood, veins, arteries, capillaries,
lungs, organs, tissues, muscle,
disease, cardio, hereditary disease,
saturated fat, oxygen, deoxygenated
Pupils should be taught to:
Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and
lifestyle on the way their bodies function
Identify and name the main parts of the human
circulatory system, and describe the functions of
the heart, blood vessels and blood
Skills development
Communicating thoughts, ideas and
suggestions
Linking previous learning with new
knowledge
Critical thinking
Working collaboratively with others
Scientific enquiry
Observing cause and effect
Applying knowledge
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Resources required
Manual stopwatches (if you go outside for
the starter/brain break activities)
Red and white playdough - 15 balls of each
colour, big enough for pairs of pupils to
create a heart model
Circulatory Charades Cards: 1 x 8the heart9, 1
x 8the lungs9, 1 x 8oxygenated blood9, 1 x
8deoxygenated blood9, 10 x 8veins9 and 10 x
8arteries9. Duplicate veins and arteries so
there are enough cards for everyone to be
involved.
Healthy Hearts Crossword (home learning
activity, if required)
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