How do diseases get into our

bodies?
Eyes Mouth

Nose
Cuts

Anus
Class work Tuesday 7 December 202

Title Body’s defences

Learning Objective

To further our knowledge of

how our body defends us against
disease.
 Learning Outcome - Grade E-F

• Chicken pox is a disease spread by direct

contact.
• Give an example of another disease.
 Learning Outcome – Grade C-D

• Microbes can enter our bodies through cuts.

• Can you name two other ways?
Learning Outcome – Grade C-D

• Scabs form over cuts to stop microbes

getting into our bodies.
• Can you describe two other ways our bodies
protect us from microbes?
 Diseases
• Some harmful microbes cause diseases.
What are the most common cause of
disease?

Bacteria Viruses
• The spread of diseases is known as
transmission.
 Bacteria or Virus?

Impetigo
Cholera
Flu

Swine Flu
Bird Flu

BACTERIA VIRUS
 How do microbes make us ill?
Microbes are micro organisms that are too small to be
seen. A pathogen is a microbe that can cause diseases if
it enters the body:
They can be
breathed in They can be
through the ingested (eaten)
mouth or nose through the mouth

They can enter

through cuts or
…or other bites in the skin or
natural just by touching
openings… something
 Chicken pox
Spread by:
Direct contact –
e.g. touching or
hugging someone
with it.
In the air – you can
Symptoms:
breathe in the
-Rash
microbes.
- Coughing
-Sneezing
 Malaria
Spread by: mosquitoes.
- A mosquito bites an
infected person and
drinks their blood.
- If the mosquito
bites someone else –
Symptoms
they pass the
-Headache
microbes on in the
-Vomiting
blood.
-Diarrhoea
 Malaria
• 300 million people are affected
• 3 million people die each year from malaria
• Disease restricted to tropical regions
where mosquito survives
Common cold
Spread by:

Direct contact – eg
touching or hugging
someone with it.
Sneezing – you release
viruses into the air.
Symptoms:
-Coughing
-Sneezing
-Sore throat
-Headache/tummy ache
 Cholera
Spread by:
Water
If an infected person goes to
the toilet, the bacteria enters
the water.
If someone else drinks the
water they will become
infected.
Symptoms:
- Vomiting
-Diarrhoea
-Muscle cramps
 Match game
DISEASE SPREAD BY

A) Common cold 1) Mosquitoes

B) Malaria 2) Direct contact
C) Chicken pox 3) Water
D) Cholera 4) Direct contact
How can we prevent diseases
from spreading?
How can we prevent diseases
from spreading?
Task
 Connect 4
Boys vs Girls
 Learning Outcome - Grade E-F

• Chicken pox is a disease spread by direct

contact.
• Give an example of another disease.
• Explain how it is spread?
 Learning Outcome – Grade C-D

• Microbes can enter our bodies through cuts.

• Can you name two other ways?
Learning Outcome – Grade C-D

• Scabs form over cuts to stop microbes

getting into our bodies.
• Can you describe two other ways our bodies
protect us from microbes?