Science Focus Education Pack: Mental health

Download the fifth part of the education pack to learn all about mental health.

Published: May 21, 2020 at 9:00 am

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The Science Focus Education Pack is a new series of worksheets aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students. Part 5 covers mental health, with a quiz, a set of questions based on a feature, and a project idea.

The quiz questions are on the worksheet, but if you prefer, you can also do it here:

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