4.3 Interactions with the environment 4.3.1 Lifestyle and health Spec ref. Summary of the specification Learning outcomes Suggested Opportunities to develop Opportunities to apply Self/peer assessment content timing Scientific Communication skills practical and enquiry Opportunities and What most candidates (hours) skills resources should be able to do Reference to past questions that indicate success 4.3.1.1 Health can be defined as 'a Explain how diet, 1 Discuss factors that can affect Collect, present and state of physical, mental and stress and life health and how to lead a analyse data about social well-being' and not situations can affect healthy lifestyle. health risks and merely the absence of physical and mental diseases, looking for List symptoms of five disease. Factors including health. correlations. infectious diseases. Are there diet, stress and life situations Give examples of any symptoms common to all? Take temperatures. can affect both physical and communicable and Look at thermometer Suggest and discuss the mental health. non-communicable calibrations. Discuss human and financial cost of Diseases have symptoms diseases. accuracy, measurement these non-communicable that stop the body from uncertainty and the diseases on individuals, working as normal. range the true value will communities, nations and lie within and how to Communicable (infectious) globally. calculate this. diseases are caused by What do these words have in microorganisms called Students research 'St. common rust, mildew, blight, – pathogens. They may infect Anthony's fire' – canker, scab? plants as well as animals and prevalent in the Middle are spread by direct contact, Ages. by water or by air. Is 'Ash dieback' the only Non-communicable threat to trees in the diseases, such as heart UK? disease, cancer and diabetes, are the leading cause of death in the world.
4.3 Interactions with the environment 4.3.1 Lifestyle and health Spec ref. Summary of the specification content Learning outcomes What most candidates should be able to do Suggested timing (hours) Opportunities to develop Scientific Communication skills Opportunities to apply practical and enquiry skills Self/peer assessment Opportunities and resources Reference to past questions that indicate success 4.3.1.1 Health can be defined as 'a state of physical, mental and social well-being' and not merely the absence of disease. Factors including diet, stress and life situations can affect both physical and mental health. Diseases have symptoms that stop the body from working as normal. Communicable (infectious) diseases are caused by microorganisms called pathogens. They may infect plants as well as animals and are spread by direct contact, by water or by air. Non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, are the leading cause of death in the world. Explain how diet, stress and life situations can affect physical and mental health. Give examples of communicable and non-communicable diseases. 1 Discuss factors that can affect health and how to lead a healthy lifestyle. List symptoms of five infectious diseases. Are there any symptoms common to all? Suggest and discuss the human and financial cost of these non-communicable diseases on individuals, communities, nations and globally. What do these words have in common – rust, mildew, blight, canker, scab? Collect, present and analyse data about health risks and diseases, looking for correlations. Take temperatures. Look at thermometer calibrations. Discuss accuracy, measurement uncertainty and the range the true value will lie within and how to calculate this. Students research 'St. Anthony's fire' – prevalent in the Middle Ages. Is 'Ash dieback' the only threat to trees in the UK?
AQA-8465-SOW-IWE.DOCX