Topic B6.3: Monitoring and maintaining health (OCR Gateway A GCSE Combined Science)

This bundle of 11 lessons covers the majority of the content in the sub-topic B6.3 (Monitoring and maintaining health) of the OCR Gateway A GCSE Combined Science specification. The topics and specification points covered within these lessons include:

• The relationship between health and disease
• Different types of diseases
• The interactions between different types of diseases
• The spread of communicable diseases
• Reducing and preventing the spread of communicable diseases
• The role of white blood cells and platelets in defence
• The non-specific defence systems
• The role of the immune system in the defence against disease
• The use of vaccines and medicines in the prevention and treatment of disease
• The discovery and development of potential new medicines
• Risk factors and non-communicable diseases
• Treatments for CVD
• Stem cells in medicine

All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.