Teacher guide · Curious Lab · Harder · about 32 min
🩺 Body Lab Emergency
Pupils practise curiosity and problem solving and real life thinking through "Body Lab Emergency": You're the doctor on duty. Use science to work out what's going on.
Lesson guide
1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 🩺 mission title and read the opening: "Match each organ to its job.". Take three quick guesses.
2. Model · 5 min
Think aloud through the first step together. Use Sniff the Beagle's line as your prompt: "Great question! Ready to dig one layer deeper? Pick your next mission below."
3. Do · 10 min
Pairs work through the 7 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"
4. Discuss · 10 min
Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.
5. Reflect · 5 min
Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used curiosity today.
Discussion questions
- What was the hardest choice in "Body Lab Emergency", and why?
- What's happening to this patient — explain your reasoning to a partner.
- Which meal gives slow, steady energy for a school day — explain your reasoning to a partner.
- Best advice for healthy teeth — explain your reasoning to a partner.
- Where could you use curiosity outside school this week?
- If you did this again, what would you change?
Adapting it
Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.
Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.
Curriculum links
- National Curriculum: Science: working scientifically — asking questions and observing
- National Curriculum: Geography/History: enquiry and using sources
- PSHE: Living in the wider world: media literacy and checking information
Pupil sheet
🩺 Body Lab Emergency
Name: ____________________ Date: __________
1. Match each organ to its job.
Heart → ________________
Lungs → ________________
Stomach → ________________
Brain → ________________
2. Patient one has just run in. Check the readings.
Clue — Pulse: Much faster than normal.
Clue — Breathing: Deep and quick.
Clue — Skin: Warm and a bit red.
3. What's happening to this patient?
☐ They've been exercising
☐ They're asleep
☐ They're too cold
4. Which meal gives slow, steady energy for a school day?
☐ Porridge with fruit
☐ A chocolate bar
☐ A fizzy drink
5. Order the journey of food through the body.
___ Large intestine
___ Mouth
___ Oesophagus
___ Small intestine
___ Stomach
6. Best advice for healthy teeth?
☐ Brush twice a day and cut down on sugary drinks
☐ Brush once a week
☐ Only eat sweets at night
7. Write a health plan for a week: sleep, food and moving your body.