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The of glucose in our blood changes during the day. It goes up when we have just eaten food and the glucose from it goes into our blood: it goes down when we exercise and use some of that glucose as energy. Insulin is a hormone that occurs naturally in our bodies. It is made in the pancreas and moves through the bloodstream. Its job is to regulate the supply of glucose so that we don’t have too much and we don’t have too little. It transports glucose through our body and switches on or off the supply from the liver, depending on whether or not we need more. help by delivering the right amount of insulin to the body throughout the day. However, it is still important for diabetic people to keep checking what is happening. It also helps to have a team of people to help. Diabetes nurses, doctors, and dieticians can work with people with diabetes so they can live full, active lives. Words for selection: blood glucose, bloodstream, diabetes, diagnosed, energy, glucose, hormone, hypoglycaemic, inject, insulin pumps, level, monitor, dieticians, pancreas, regulate, symptoms, type of sugar. 6 8 TEACHER SUPPORT Learning activities – Exploring the science Activity 1 – Sharing our understanding of diabetes Arrange for the students to interview someone who has diabetes and is prepared to answer questions it. Alternatively, arrange an interview with a diabetic nurse. Have the students work in groups to prepare for the interview, reviewing what they learnt from the article, listing anything that they want to find out more and preparing suitable questions. Encourage them to refer back to the article to find the correct medical terms. See “Resource links” below for two reports on diabetes from Our Changing World. The students could listen to one of these reports and compare the advantages and disadvantages of using radio, print, and the Google Slides version of this article to present medical information. Prompt the student to consider what are the best ways to communicate scientific information to the general public. (Confirm that the students understand that by “general public” we mean the community as a whole.)
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