Whose job is it to keep us healthy?

In this lesson, we will learn about doctors and scientists who have kept us healthy both in present times and from the past.

Whose job is it to keep us healthy?

In this lesson, we will learn about doctors and scientists who have kept us healthy both in present times and from the past.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The role of doctors and nurses
  2. The achievements of Edward Jenner and Mary Seacole
  3. Different jobs: epidemiologist, sports scientist, nutritionist

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4 Questions

Q1.
Which word fits best in the blank in this sentence: Washing our hands is a ________ thing to do.
hygiene
Correct answer: hygienic
Q2.
When was Florence Nightingale born?
1620
1720
Correct answer: 1820
Q3.
Which of the following is NOT something you would find in hospitals these days?
Clean sheets on the beds
Healthy meals
Correct answer: People sleeping on dirty floors
Q4.
Which of these would you have seen in hospitals in the 1700s? Tick three.
clean sheets on the beds
Correct answer: mould on the wall
Correct answer: patients wearing dirty clothes
Correct answer: rats

4 Questions

Q1.
Mary Seacole is famous for looking after soldiers during which war?
Correct answer: Crimean war
First world war
Second world war
Q2.
A nutritionist uses their knowledge of _____ to help people.
Correct answer: food
muscles
sport
Q3.
An epidemiologist studies the science of what?
bones
Correct answer: diseases
eyesight
Q4.
Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine for which deadly disease?
polio
Correct answer: smallpox
yellow fever

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UnitScience / Human lifestyle

Science