Key Stage One : Science : Growing and Changing : Lesson Five – Changing Height


This science teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to discuss and describe some of the different ways that bodies grow and change as they get older. The class can measure and keep a record of how their own height is changing over time.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to discuss and describe some of the different ways that bodies grow and change as they get older

Learning Objectives

Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults. Gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.

Learning Outcomes

I know that humans change the height of their bodies as they get older. I can collect measurements to explain changes to parts of the body.

Changing Height

Teaching sequence to help the children discuss and describe some of the different ways that bodies grow and change as they get older

Body Recipe

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify and describe ways of supporting their bodies as they grow

Height Chart

Template to help the children record changes to their height over a period of time using non-standard measurements

Changing Height

Interactive activity to help the children discuss and describe some of the different ways that bodies grow and change as they get older

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to discuss and describe some of the different ways that bodies grow and change as they get older

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