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Ignition Learning — Activity Sheet

Checking health information and online claims

Health & PE · Year 8

Name: ______________________Date: ____________

Checking health information and online claims develops how evidence, expertise and purpose affect trustworthiness. Students use reliable information, notice personal and social influences, rehearse a respectful safe strategy, make a realistic plan, adjust from feedback and identify trusted support.

Example

A strong response to checking health information and online claims protects safety and consent, respects individual difference, names a practical strategy and support person, and reflects on evidence instead of expecting instant perfection.

Key terms

Health literacy:
A health or movement idea central to Checking health information and online claims.
Evidence:
A practical strategy used in Checking health information and online claims.
Source:
A safety or reflection idea relevant to Checking health information and online claims.

Questions

  1. 1. What is the central idea in checking health information and online claims?

    • how evidence, expertise and purpose affect trustworthiness
    • Follow pressure without checking safety or consent.
    • Assume one strategy suits every person.
    • Keep serious safety or wellbeing concerns secret from trusted support.
  2. 2. Which term means "A health or movement idea central to Checking health information and online claims."?

    • Health literacy
    • Evidence
    • Source
    • Context
  3. 3. Which term means "A practical strategy used in Checking health information and online claims."?

    • Evidence
    • Health literacy
    • Source
    • Evidence
  4. 4. Which term means "A safety or reflection idea relevant to Checking health information and online claims."?

    • Source
    • Health literacy
    • Evidence
    • Reflection
  5. 5. Which task best practises checking health information and online claims?

    • Compare two health claims using a simple source checklist.
    • Follow pressure without checking safety or consent.
    • Assume one strategy suits every person.
    • Keep serious safety or wellbeing concerns secret from trusted support.
  6. 6. Which approach best supports learning in Health & PE?

    • Use reliable information, communicate respectfully, choose a safe strategy, plan support and reflect on real effects.
    • Follow pressure without checking safety or consent.
    • Assume one strategy suits every person.
    • Keep serious safety or wellbeing concerns secret from trusted support.
  7. 7. Why is a worked example useful?

    • It makes the reasoning and deliberate choices visible.
    • It removes the need to think.
    • It guarantees every new problem is identical.
    • It replaces practice completely.
  8. 8. Which response applies how evidence, expertise and purpose affect trustworthiness?

    • Compare two health claims using a simple source checklist.
    • Follow pressure without checking safety or consent.
    • Assume one strategy suits every person.
    • Keep serious safety or wellbeing concerns secret from trusted support.
  9. 9. What makes guided practice useful?

    • It gives support while the learner tries the thinking for themselves.
    • It supplies answers before any attempt.
    • It avoids feedback and reflection.
    • It makes the final check unrelated.
  10. 10. How should the key terms support checking health information and online claims?

    • They should make the explanation more precise and connected to evidence.
    • They should be listed without meaning.
    • They should replace examples.
    • They should be used only for spelling.
  11. 11. What is the best response when a first attempt is incomplete?

    • Use feedback or evidence to revise the reasoning.
    • Hide the attempt.
    • Repeat it without checking.
    • Choose an unrelated answer.
  12. 12. Which explanation is strongest?

    • A clear idea supported by a relevant example and reasoning.
    • A claim with no support.
    • A copied definition only.
    • A long response that avoids the question.
  13. 13. Why transfer the skill to a new example?

    • It shows whether the understanding can be used beyond the worked model.
    • It proves all examples are identical.
    • It makes the original lesson unnecessary.
    • It prevents reflection.
  14. 14. What should a checkpoint reveal?

    • Whether the learner is ready for the final check or needs another explanation.
    • Only whether the learner worked quickly.
    • Whether the topic title was memorised.
    • Nothing about understanding.
  15. 15. What makes a conclusion responsible?

    • It matches the evidence and acknowledges important limits.
    • It claims more than the evidence shows.
    • It ignores alternatives.
    • It is decided before the task.
  16. 16. How can checking health information and online claims support independent learning?

    • It gives a repeatable way to interpret, create, solve or evaluate a new situation.
    • It works only for the example already shown.
    • It removes the need for judgement.
    • It depends on guessing.
  17. 17. What should happen when evidence challenges the first interpretation or method?

    • Review the reasoning and revise it when the evidence warrants change.
    • Discard the evidence automatically.
    • Keep the first answer regardless.
    • Stop checking the work.
  18. 18. Which reflection leads to useful improvement?

    • Identify a successful choice, evidence of its effect and one specific next step.
    • State only that the task was easy or hard.
    • List the title again.
    • Avoid referring to the work.
  19. 19. What distinguishes strong Year 8 Health & PE work?

    • Accurate knowledge, deliberate choices, evidence and clear reasoning.
    • Length without relevance.
    • Confidence without checking.
    • Memorisation without application.
  20. 20. Why should an application task remain manageable but substantial?

    • It should provide enough challenge to demonstrate real learning without creating unnecessary overload.
    • It should remove all challenge.
    • It should be long regardless of purpose.
    • It should repeat the quiz word for word.
  21. 21. What is the strongest outcome from checking health information and online claims?

    • Use how evidence, expertise and purpose affect trustworthiness accurately in a purposeful new context.
    • Follow pressure without checking safety or consent.
    • Assume one strategy suits every person.
    • Keep serious safety or wellbeing concerns secret from trusted support.

Answer key (parent copy)

  1. 1. how evidence, expertise and purpose affect trustworthiness
  2. 2. Health literacy
  3. 3. Evidence
  4. 4. Source
  5. 5. Compare two health claims using a simple source checklist.
  6. 6. Use reliable information, communicate respectfully, choose a safe strategy, plan support and reflect on real effects.
  7. 7. It makes the reasoning and deliberate choices visible.
  8. 8. Compare two health claims using a simple source checklist.
  9. 9. It gives support while the learner tries the thinking for themselves.
  10. 10. They should make the explanation more precise and connected to evidence.
  11. 11. Use feedback or evidence to revise the reasoning.
  12. 12. A clear idea supported by a relevant example and reasoning.
  13. 13. It shows whether the understanding can be used beyond the worked model.
  14. 14. Whether the learner is ready for the final check or needs another explanation.
  15. 15. It matches the evidence and acknowledges important limits.
  16. 16. It gives a repeatable way to interpret, create, solve or evaluate a new situation.
  17. 17. Review the reasoning and revise it when the evidence warrants change.
  18. 18. Identify a successful choice, evidence of its effect and one specific next step.
  19. 19. Accurate knowledge, deliberate choices, evidence and clear reasoning.
  20. 20. It should provide enough challenge to demonstrate real learning without creating unnecessary overload.
  21. 21. Use how evidence, expertise and purpose affect trustworthiness accurately in a purposeful new context.