You Will Need
Provided Resources
- Who? What? When? resource
- Animal reproductive ages and offspring resource
- Gestation game
- Animal list & table
- Graphing resources
- Other considerations statements
Additional Resources
- Photo equipment & staff photos
Gestation gurus
Science Year 5
This unit is part of
Year 5 Science Life Explorers
Objectives
Are you ready for a whistle stop tour of the animal kingdom in a quest to become a gestation guru? How will you present your findings in an engaging and fun way?
Science Objectives
i) Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.
Working Scientifically
- Record data using tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs.
- Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms.
- Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or argument.
Other Curriculum Areas
Computing
- Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information.
Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Represent scientific data in graph forms.
- Look for patterns in animal gestation periods and draw logical conclusions.
Activities
- Complete online research to find out the gestation periods of a range of animals (including humans).
- Create a visual comparison of gestation periods (including humans).
- Look for patterns in gestation periods.
Vocabulary
Scatter and line graphs, bar charts, causal relationships, support/refute, gestation, life cycle, sperm, egg, foetus