Cholesterol - learning mat

This learning mat allows year 10/11 students to work through at their own pace, includes short activities and exam questions allowing you to facilitate that learning. Levelled activities allow students to meet the following criteria (taken from OCR GCSE science specification):
Foundation:
-State that cholesterol level is an inherited factor that can affect our health
-Identify the two types of cholesterol
-Explain how diet can effect the balance between good and bad cholesterol in the blood
-How the risks of diseases of the heart and blood vessels
Standard:
Explain what cholesterol is
Describe the effects of high levels of ‘bad cholesterol’ in the blood
Explain the benefits of regular exercise on health
Higher:
Evaluate information on the effects of exercise on our health
Explain the importance of the balance of the different types of cholesterol in the blood and how this is effected by diet