Science Year 5 Life Explorers

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

1. Record data using tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs.
2. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms.
3. 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.

You now know a baby’s gestation period, but what happens while it is a foetus? Explore the key stages of foetal development and present your research in the form of annotated diagrams.

Science Objectives
i) Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.

Working Scientifically

1. Record data using scientific diagrams and labels.
2. 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.

Are you ready to analyse your own growth data and demonstrate in graphs and charts how the human body develops and grows from birth to five? This section of your book will need some clear and well researched fact files.

Science Objectives
i) Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.

Working Scientifically

1. Record data using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs.
2. Report and present 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.
3. Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or argument.

Other Curriculum Areas
English

• Plan writing by identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own.
• Evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing.

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

1. Record data using scientific diagrams and labels.
2. 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.

What happens to our bodies as we get old? Can you research and create a ‘things to expect as you age’ section for your book? It will need to include physical and mental changes to the body. You will also need to think about how we care for the elderly and explore attitudes towards older generations across the world.

Science Objectives
i) Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.

Working Scientifically
1. Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or argument.

Other Curriculum Areas
English

• Plan writing by identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own.
• Draft and write by using further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader.

Reflect back on your work in this block and pinpoint the key milestones in a human life and how they impact on the body? Have a go at creating a graphic for your book on human growth.

Science Objectives
i) Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.

Working Scientifically

1. Record data using scientific diagrams and labels.
2. 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.

Extended Writing Opportunities
Non-fiction various: Write sections for their non-fiction book on the human lifecycle e.g. ‘things to expect in old age’, ‘key physical and emotional changes during puberty’ etc.