Changes and Reproduction

#TheCompleteSeries6lessons

Each lesson in the scheme contains a lesson plan, detailed slides, worksheets and other resources, and is packed with challenging questions to prompt discussion, detailed scientific diagrams and a range of exciting, differentiated activities to engage your children.

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#Lesson1HumanLifeCycle

This lesson outlines the main stages in the life cycle of humans.

Children are challenged to order the main stages, think about what they already know about the growth and development of humans at each of these stages, and consider the factors which affect the rate of growth in humans.

#Lesson2Gestation

This lesson explains in detail the processes, growth and development that occur during gestation in humans.

Children will learn about sexual reproduction, fertilisation and pregnancy.

They will also compare the gestation period of humans to other animals.

#Lesson3Childhood

Children will learn about the rapid growth and development of children during infancy in this lesson, as well as considering the changing needs of children as they get older.

They will be challenged to make notes as they learn and produce reports about the development and changing needs of children.

#Lesson4PubertyPartOne

This lesson focuses on the initial changes that occur in the bodies of boys and girls at the start of puberty.

Children will learn about the roles of hormones in the body and start to consider some of the changes that occur inside and outside the body at the start of puberty.

#Lesson5PubertyPartTwo

This teaches children about the changes that occur in the bodies of boys and girls as they prepare for adulthood.

Focusing firstly on sperm production in boys and menstruation in girls, children will go on to consider ways in which teenagers can stay fit and healthy during puberty and adolescence.

#Lesson6AdulthoodandOldAge

The final lesson in this series teaches children about many of the changes that occur in the body throughout adulthood and old age.

They are then encouraged to discuss and share their ideas about the needs of older people.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

• planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary
• taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate
• recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
• using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests
• reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations
• identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments

• describe the changes as humans develop to old age