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Health and Physical Education
Non-communicable diseases
An AR classroom game for Grade 4. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.
This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.
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A look before you play
Sample questions
A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.
What is a non-communicable disease?
- A disease not passed from person to person
- A disease caught only from animals
- A disease that heals by itself without treatment
Read the explanation
One that comes of no germ and passes from nobody to nobody.
Which of these is a non-communicable disease?
- Chickenpox
- Diabetes
- A cold
Read the explanation
Diabetes comes of habits and heredity, not from other people.
What chiefly causes obesity?
- Drinking too much water every day
- Catching certain germs
- Eating more energy than you use
Read the explanation
Taking in more energy than you use, over a long time.
Before you play
Game teaching guide
What children will practise
Understand non-communicable diseases: what they are, examples such as diabetes, the cause of obesity, preventing tooth decay, preventing NCDs through habits, and why they are dangerous because they build up silently.
What's in the worksheet
6 multiple-choice questions, 3 options each - Non-communicable diseases do not pass from person to person - Diabetes is non-communicable (distractors: chickenpox, colds) - Obesity comes from taking in more energy than you use - Prevent tooth decay by brushing properly and cutting sweets - Prevent NCDs by eating well and exercising (distractor: get every vaccine); they are dangerous because they build up without symptoms
How to use it in class
Use in the non-communicable disease unit; about 6 minutes. - Play solo and watch question 5, which shows whether children can tell prevention of infectious and non-infectious disease apart - For question 3, draw a balance on the board, energy in versus energy out - After question 6, discuss why yearly check-ups matter even when you feel fine - Play it linked to the class to record results in the mark book.
Common sticking points
- Question 5: 'get every vaccine dose' and 'wash hands and wear masks' prevent infectious disease; children who cannot yet separate the two groups pick them - Question 4: 'eat fewer sweets and nothing more' is half right and may seem enough; point out the answer also needs brushing - Question 3: 'catching certain germs' tempts children who think every illness comes from germs - Question 6: children may assume a disease without symptoms is not dangerous
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