You Will Need
Provided Resources
- Changes in puberty
- Puberty FAQs
- Key vocabulary
Weblinks
Adolescence from www.dkfindout.com
Operation Ouch class clip about puberty
Growth & change: Adolescence & puberty
Science Year 5
This unit is part of
Year 5 Science Life Explorers
Objectives
Changes during puberty can be a sensitive issue – you need to understand the facts fully and recognise the physical as well as emotional impact. Create a Q&A section for your book that covers all the issues raised by puberty.
Science Objectives
i) Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.
Working Scientifically
- Record data using scientific diagrams and labels.
- 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
- Identify and understand the changes in the adolescent human body during puberty.
- Recognise and identify those changes during puberty that are gender specific.
Activities
- Explore the key physical and emotional changes during puberty in both boys and girls.
- Create a Q&A book section and glossary for puberty.
- Create a Venn diagram that shows changes in boys and girls at puberty.
Vocabulary
Adolescence, adolescent, puberty, teenager, reproduction (see also vocab list in resources)