Sleep

• A Sleep quiz - part of a PDF on TES called Better Brains with More sleep  

very good - use the quiz with mini whiteboards ask them to write  T or F  for each one

•  A PowerPoint about the importance of Sleep from TES

• A power point about diet and sleeping from TES ( use bit of this)

• A video about Sleep deprivation made by a college student ( I only show this to my more street wise E3 group)

https://youtu.be/aFennHuTSaw

• How to sleep better tips video (very good but not sure about their section  on the consequence of no sleep- not relevant  for my students)

https://youtu.be/3eLfn7Ewx_s

Hidden Sugar in food

The Conversation has a chart showing the sugar content of  some foods.

An article in The Daily Mail has a useful photo

Change for Life Sugar swaps app 

 

                     How much sugar is hiding in your food BBC guide

Healthy Living: Taking your Pulse

In the Zone has some  excellent resources
Introduction
Body Trivia questions 

From the resources 9-11 section  Adapt PowerPoint presentation - lesson 1 Use slide 3 
to talk about how the heart works

They also recommend these videos

The heart and how it works

Keeping healthy - the effect of exercise on pulse rate 

 Heart and circulation 

The try a practical activity about taking your pulse 

How to take your pulse is  a very good guide 

Good background information here  including expected pulse rates.

Habits of the Heart


The next step

understanding recovery rates

The amount of time the heart takes to return to a normal at-rest rate after exercise is called recovery time. This is a measure of the body's general fitness. The shorter the recovery time, the higher the level of fitness. ( source Habits of a Healthy Heart )

from 9-11 section  Powerpoint 2  slide 4

The Zone explains 

'recovery rate  which is measured here in beats per minute (bpm). Ask the students what they notice about the recovery rates of the people ... They should notice that the people who do the most strenuous exercise on a regular basis (i.e. the marathon runner and the swimmer) have higher recovery rates than those who do only light exercise (the dog walker and the boy who cycles to school), which means that their heart rate slows down more in the first minute after exercise.'

The Importance of Exercise

A lesson about exercise and health for Entry 3 students studying Healthy Living.

A short film ( I played it up to 3.20)

The importance of exercise 

A PowerPoint from TES

Importance of Exercise 

 Sign in to TES  to access this resource - (one link to a film doesn't work)


An online resource from NGFL Wales  Healthy Lifestyles

Healthy Living

The Northern Ireland Curriculum has a very good theme called Knowing and Growing : My Body which includes Healthy Living. The unit is suitable for students with a learning disability. It includes work/activity sheets and PowerPoints as well as lesson plans. Online activities
This can be downloaded as a PDF and the PowerPoints saved to your computer.
The unit also covers puberty and body awareness.

There is also a short slide presentation from Symbol World called Healthy Living

For learners with a  moderate  learning difficulty
The thematic units Learning for Life and Work : Make it Happen for you

Also see my Blog entry on HealthyEating