Animals Including Humans Year 6 Science Workbook | KS2 Heart, Circulation, Healthy Lifestyle | UK National Curriculum

Year 6 Animals Including Humans workbook. KS2 Science: heart, circulatory system, blood, healthy lifestyle, diet, exercise, drugs. UK national curriculum.

The Year 6 Animals Including Humans unit is the most demanding KS2 human-biology topic. Learners meet the four-chamber heart, label arteries and veins, explain how blood transports nutrients and water around the body, and connect lifestyle choices (diet, exercise, drugs, alcohol) to long-term health. This workbook breaks the content into structured diagram tasks, comparison activities, and short writing tasks so learners build the language to explain, not just label.

What's inside:

• The heart and circulatory system: four chambers, atria and ventricles, valves, blood flow direction, diagram labelling
• Blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma; the role each plays in transport and defence
• Blood vessels: arteries, veins, capillaries; structure related to function
• Nutrients and water transport: how the circulatory system moves substances to where they're needed
• Healthy lifestyle: diet (balanced plates, sugar and fat moderation), exercise, drugs (medicinal and recreational), alcohol, smoking — how each affects the body
• Reflection prompts and self-assessment so learners check their own understanding before assessment

UK National Curriculum reference: Year 6 Science, Animals Including Humans. Aligned to the statutory requirements: identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system; describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood; recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on how their bodies function; describe how nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.

Who it's for: Year 6 class teachers planning the Animals Including Humans unit, primary science leads, primary science tutors, parents supporting their child through Year 6 SATs revision, and homeschool families on the UK national curriculum.

Pair with the free video: The WHOLE Year 6 Human Body Unit — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpLoEhotJD8

Also pair with: Year 6 Science Quiz: Animals Including Humans (True/False Challenge) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6GgHZMkOrk

Read the blog post: How Gap-Fill Worksheets Support Adaptive Learning in Science — https://advisoryscience.com/blog/retrieval-adaptive-learning-resources/why-gap-fill-worksheets-transform-adaptive-learning-in-science

Related Year 6 KS2 resources: Electric Circuits Year 6 Workbook, Evolution and Inheritance Year 6 Workbook, Living Things and Habitats Year 6 Workbook, Year 6 Science Gap Fill Pack, Year 6 Science Vocabulary Match, Year 6 Science Frayer Models.

Pair with the Year 6 to Year 7 bridge: Preparing for Secondary Science Year 6 Workbook — https://advisoryscience.com/b/preparing-for-secondary-science-year-6-workbook-ks2-to-ks3-bridge-advisory-science

Made by an award-winning science educator with 25+ years of teaching experience. Used by 150+ UK schools. Instant download, A4 PDF, print-ready.

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