Starter quiz
- A person’s lifestyle is...
- how many siblings they have.
- only the hairstyle they choose to have.
- the way they choose to live. ✓
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- Which of these substances have a negative impact on the body?
- alcohol in wine ✓
- drugs prescribed by a doctor
- nicotine in vape pens ✓
- protein in chicken
- iron in cereal
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- Which of the following would have a positive impact on our heart health?
- regular physical activity ✓
- regular alcohol intake
- a balanced diet ✓
- occasional smoking or vaping
- frequent sugary snacks
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- What is a conclusion?
- It explains the method to carry out an enquiry.
- It explains what the results from an enquiry show or mean. ✓
- It is a table showing the data found during an enquiry.
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- We can use evidence from enquiries to find out about things that affect our health. What is evidence?
- Information we can use to prove or disprove scientific ideas. ✓
- Information which has been gathered a very long time ago.
- A collection of theories created by famous scientists.
- A collection of ideas written down in a book.
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- We can learn more about things by carrying out research using secondary sources. What are secondary sources?
- Sources created using information that cannot be proved.
- Sources created using information that is very old.
- Sources created using information gathered by others. ✓
- Sources created only by people in secondary school.
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Exit quiz
Scientists collect ______ from enquiries that helps us to make informed choices about healthy lifestyles.- 'evidence' ✓
- When we evaluate a secondary source for reliability we are checking to see…
- whether we can trust the information in it. ✓
- if it has been presented in a clear and accessible way.
- how popular it has been with our friends and family.
- how long it takes to read the information.
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- Which of these will not help us to determine the reliability of a source?
- Finding out who wrote it.
- Determining what the purpose of the source is.
- Finding out how many likes it received on social media. ✓
- Looking at what evidence was used to write it.
- Looking at how many paragraphs long it is. ✓
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- Which of these statements about secondary sources of information is correct?
- Sources found online are always more reliable than those in books.
- Any published source of information must be factually accurate.
- Both online and printed information sources can vary in reliability. ✓
- Only information printed in books is trustworthy.
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Izzy would like to find out more about how alcohol would affect the human body. Which of these websites are likely to have the most reliable information for her to examine?- A blog belonging to a company that brews beer.
- A government website with statistics about alcohol-related diseases. ✓
- A newspaper article about alcoholic drinks trends.
- A video by an influencer who describes how she felt after consuming alcohol.
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- Why is it important to examine more than one source when looking for information to support decision making?
- More reading practice will help to make us skilled readers.
- Reading a lot of different sources prepares us for tests about healthy living.
- Different enquiries may have found different results to consider. ✓
- Reading multiple sources may help us identify false or misleading information. ✓
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Key learning points
- Scientists collect evidence from research that helps us to make informed choices about healthy lifestyles.
- We can determine the reliability of a source by looking at who wrote it, for what purpose and using what evidence.
- It is important to examine information from a range of reliable sources.
Common misconception
Pupils may think than any information written down or published online is automatically reliable and trustworthy, purely because of its appearance in the public sphere.
Use the lesson resources to explain how information sources, particularly those online, can vary in terms of reliability and that there are things we can do to help determine how much we can trust the information we find.
Keywords
Lifestyle - A person’s lifestyle is the way they choose to live.
Evidence - Evidence is information we can use to prove or disprove scientific ideas.
Enquiry - An enquiry is an investigation to find out more about something.
Reliable - A reliable source is one where you can trust the information that the source provides.
Evaluate - To evaluate a source of information is to judge its quality or reliability.
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