AQA Risk Factors

• State what a risk factor is
• describe examples of risk factors
• Explain what a ‘casual mechanism’ is
• Translate disease incidence data between graphical and numerical forms
• Construct and interpret frequency tables and diagrams

Starter: Students write down examples of risk factors
Task 1: lifestyle choices- students place the ‘risk factors’ on a scale of least -most impact
Task 2; Go through what risk is with examples- students create a mind map so they have notes on dfferent risk factors for non-communicable disease
Students read paragraph from the book- option of activities; summarise info, discuss missing words with partner. They will then answer the 6 mark question about the activity
Students use a pictogrm to identify how many people die from non-communicable diseases
Interpreting another pictogram on obesity and using this to calculate percentage
Students answer questions on the slide
Recap activity (Prior knowledge taught in year 8) Students work in groups to learn about ‘smoking and risk of disease’ ‘diet, exercise and disease’, ‘alcoho and other carcinogens’ and then then teach each other as a group. (Kerboodle AQA biology textbook required)
Students then answer graph questions linking risk factors to graph anaylsis / exam practice questions.

Access to kerboodle online textbook and resources required- unable to include due to copywrite