Natural Science 5º: Food poisoning

In Natural Science we are studying many things related to health and illness. One of the things we have seen during this unit is the importance in PREVENTION. 

If you don't store food carefully, you can get food poisoning. Also you can get it if you don't wash your hands carefully before eating. Food poisoning is caused by bacteria and its symptoms are stomachache, vomits and fever. Click on the picture to play this game and learn how to fight bacteria. 

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Natural Science 5º: Blood

Watch this video and answer the question:

What is blood made of?

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Natural Science 5º: White blood cells

Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens, remember? There are four types of pathogens: bacteria, fungi, protists and virus. One of our defenses against these pathogens are the white blood cells in our blood. 

Definition of white blood cells in the Kids' Medical Dictionary

• See our different body defenses.
• Click here if you want more information about blood. 
• Click here if you want more information about the immune system.
• Learn how these white blood cells work with this game. 
• Watch a video about the immune system. 

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Natural Science 5º: Word problems?

Have you got any problems with the Natural Science vocabulary? Check this Kids' Medical Dictionary for any word related to health and illness. 

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Natural Science 5º: Eye safety

Hi! Do you remember when we talked about eye protection to prevent eye injuries in Natural Science?

• Look at some ways you can injure your eyes. 
• Look at some ways you can protect your eyes. 
• Look at some ways to protect your eyes when playing different sports.

Eye injuries can cause many different problems; for example blindness. Do you remember that we talked about Braille in Lengua Castellana? Click this link to convert your name to braille.

Look, this is my name in braille. How is yours? You can bring it to class if you want to.

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Natural Science 5º - Unit 1: Health and Illness

Hi! During the first term, we are going to study Health and Illness as our Unit 1 in Natural Science. How about we take a look at additional information?

In this link, you are going to find some additional information about types of illness, how to treat them and information about different types of medicines.

The Body and Medicines by The Children's University of Manchester. 

I hope you like it! You can leave a comment if you want to. See you soon!