e-Bug: Key Stage 4 (14-16 years old)

Understand that useful bacteria are found in our body
Understand that microbes come in different sizes
Understand the key differences between the three main types of microbes
Understand using a variety of concepts and models to develop scientific explanations
Understand that some microbes can keep us healthy
Understand that some microbes can be put to good use
Understand that we need bacterial colonisation to live a healthy life
Understand that we need to protect our normal microbial flora
Begin to explore scientific research
Understand that microbes are important in decomposition and nutrient recycling
Understand how harmful microbes (pathogens) can pass from person to person
Understand that sometimes microbes can make us ill and cause infection
Understand that different infections cause different symptoms
Understand how global travel has influenced the spread of disease
Understand how infectious diseases impact the local community
Understand that infection can be spread through unclean hands
Understand that handwashing can prevent the spread of infection
Understand how pathogens can be transmitted
Understand that infection can be spread easily through sexual contact
Understand what students can do to protect themselves against STIs
Know that not everyone with an STI has symptoms
Understand that non-barrier forms of birth control do not protect against STIs
Understand how easily infections like chlamydia can spread among young people
Begin to explore effective communication surrounding condom use
Understand that vaccinations help individuals to develop immunity against an infection(s) and helps to fight off the infection(s)
Understand why vaccines are important to students now and throughout their life
Understand the important diseases prevented by vaccines, and why these are important to young people, including students
Understand how the media, and epidemics, can affect vaccine uptake positively and negatively
Understand that antibiotics do not work on viruses, as bacteria and viruses have different structures
Understand that bacteria are continually adapting to develop ways of not being killed by antibiotics, this is called antibiotic resistance
Understand that taking antibiotics also affects your useful bacteria, not just the ones causing an infection
Understand that antibiotic resistant bacteria can be carried by healthy or ill people and can be passed on silently to others
Understand that antibiotic resistance spreads between different bacteria within our body
Understand that controlling antibiotic resistance is everyone’s responsibility, including you