1. Unit 8: Health Applications of Science Exercise and living healthily
Level 2 Applied Science
Unit 8: Health Applications of Science
Exercise and living healthily

2. Starter Activity
On the table you’ve been given, sort these things into ‘good for you’ or ‘bad for you’: Running, Smoking, Cannabis, Sit ups, Balanced Diet, Cocaine, Jogging, Weight lifting, Saturated Fat, Sugar, Salad, Beer, Wine, Chocolate, Sleep, Stress, meditation.

3. Lesson Objectives To be able to describe why exercise is good for you.
To understand how different types of exercise can benefit the body in different ways.
To know what effect exercise has on your heart rate and blood pressure.

4. Exercise
What is your favourite type of exercise?

5. Cycling

6. Swimming

7. Weight Lifting

8. Running

9. Gymnastics

10. What is Heart Rate? Find your pulse.
Count the number of beats while your partner times 1 minute. Write down your result
This is your heart rate in beats per minute (bpm)
We call this your ‘resting’ heart rate.
To get an accurate result: measure it 3 times, then calculate a mean average.

12. Blood Pressure What is blood pressure?
The pressure that your blood puts on your blood vessels while being pumped around the body.
Measure your blood pressure using the machine.
Record your reading.