KS3 ~ Year 8 ~ Alcohol

This lesson is designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the B2 1.1 Health & Lifestyle.

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This lesson begins with a question for students to consider - ‘How does alcohol affect your body?’ Students will watch a video which runs through some of the affects of alcohol on the body, whilst watching students should complete a mind map of their ideas. This task can then be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Students will now be provided with some information on alcohol and how this affects your body, particularly focusing on the brain and liver. Students will then complete a fill-in-the-blank task to summarise what they have learned so far, this task can then be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Next, the lesson will focus on the affect of pregnant women drinking whilst they are pregnant. Students will watch a video on this topic, whilst watching the video they should answer a set of questions. The answers to this task are provided on the PowerPoint, students can use this to self-assess their work once it is complete.

Laslty, students are provided with some data on death rates due to alcohol-related diseases. Using this data students will be required to answer a set of questions, this work can then be marked and corrected using the mark scheme provided.

The plenary task requires students to write a list of key words that students have learned this lesson.

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