Year 2 - Science
Washing hands
Healthy me
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Unit Summary
This unit covers the importance of exercise, balanced nutrition, and hygiene for humans. It involves performing simple tests, observing closely, and identifying and classifying information. Emphasis is on asking questions, using observations to suggest answers, and gathering and recording data.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe why it is important for humans to wash their hands.
Key Notes
- It is important for humans to live a healthy life.
- Personal hygiene is the way we care for our bodies, including washing hands and bathing.
- Invisible germs can be passed easily between humans.
- Scientists investigate how germs spread and how this can be prevented.
- Regular handwashing is one of the best ways to remove germs and prevent them spreading to others.
Vocabulary To Learn
- healthy: The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well.
- hygiene: Hygiene means keeping yourself and where you live clean.
- germs: A germ is a living thing that is very small. Some germs keep us healthy and other germs can cause harm and make you ill.
- prevent: To prevent something is to stop it from happening.
- hand washing: Washing your hands with warm water and soap can help to prevent the spread of germs.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Being seen as 'healthy' or 'unhealthy' is linked to personal attributes as well as physical attributes (such as regarding an unhealthy character as lazy or untidy).
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
It is important for humans to live a healthy life. Personal hygiene is the way we care for our bodies, including washing hands and bathing.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'healthy'
The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: Being seen as 'healthy' or 'unhealthy' is linked to personal attributes as well as physical attributes (such as regarding an unhealthy character as lazy or untidy). Correction: Explanation that everyone can take steps to be healthy and that good hygiene is an important part of being healthy.
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