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ScienceOrganisms & Life Processesusually ages 10–11

Diet, Exercise & Lifestyle

Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs, and lifestyle on the way human bodies function

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Can your child explain why eating well and exercising regularly helps the body stay healthy, and why drugs and smoking are harmful?

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Builds on
Animal Nutritionages 7–8Must understand nutrition before evaluating impact of diet on health
The Circulatory Systemages 10–11Must know circulatory system before understanding how diet and exercise affect it
Healthy Lifestyle Choicesages 9–11Enrichment knowledge of lifestyle choices and health supports formal curriculum study of diet/exercise/lifestyle impact
Diet, Exercise & Lifestylethis skill · ages 10–11
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Effects of Drugs & Alcoholages 13–14KS3 recreational drugs (mechanisms, categories) extends KS2 recognition that drugs and lifestyle affect health

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 NSW · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST2-PQU-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2TDE6C03low confidenceDesign and Technologies · Levels 5 and 6 · Technologies Contexts strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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