Year 8 · Science · beta

Diet and exercise

This unit covers the components of a healthy diet, energy requirements, and the effects of imbalances, exercise, asthma, and smoking on the body. It also focuses on planning scientific enquiries, applying mathematical concepts, performing calculations, and basic data analysis techniques.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

Prior knowledge

  • [Y6] The impacts of lifestyle, including diet and exercise, on the way the human body functions.

Source curriculum references

  • Evaluate risks
  • Select, plan and carry out the most appropriate types of scientific enquiries to test predictions, including identifying independent, dependent and control variables
  • Apply mathematical concepts and calculate results
  • Use and derive simple equations and carry out appropriate calculations
  • Undertake basic data analysis including simple statistical techniques
  • The content of a healthy human diet: carbohydrates, lipids (fats and oils), proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and water, and why each is needed
  • Calculations of energy requirements in a healthy daily diet
  • The consequences of imbalances in the diet, including obesity, starvation and deficiency diseases
  • The impact of exercise, asthma and smoking on the human gas exchange system
  • Comparing energy values of different foods (from labels) (kJ)

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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