Key stage 1, 2 & 3 Literacy
Diabetes Made Simple
Diabetes Made Simple
Where is insulin made?
Where does sugar pile up if insulin is not made and what does
the body do with it?
What happens when our bodies don’t make insulin?
Diabetes Made Simple
Is type 1 diabetes contagious?
Can type 1 diabetes be controlled?
Does type 1 diabetes stop people leading a normal life?
Activity 1
Type 1 diabetes, food and energy
Type 1 diabetes, food and
energy
Can you explain things simply?
“When we eat food, it gets mixed around in the stomach, a bit like
clothes do in a washing machine.”
Plan, draw and write a comic strip using speech bubbles to explain
what happens to the food we eat
Diabetes Made Simple
This might help you with your comic stripThe food we eat makes energy which is needed for our bodies to
work properly
Food eaten is mixed around in our stomachs like clothes in a
washing machine
Food is broken down and the sugar is moved into the blood
stream which moves it to where it is needed
When lots of sugar is in the blood insulin opens the doors of cells
to make energy
When the body doesn’t make enough insulin, sugar stays in the
blood because it can’t get to into the cells. This is called type 1
diabetes
Activity 2
Type 1 diabetes and blood
glucose (sugar) levels
Type 1 diabetes and blood
glucose levels
“To make sure you have enough insulin it is
important to check how much glucose (sugar) is in
your blood.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvpDe3nV67w
Type 1 diabetes and blood glucose
levels
Can you explain what Chloe has to do each day?
Produce a leaflet or booklet with words and pictures to explain how Chloe
checks and monitors her glucose levels and say why this is important