Key Stage One : Science : Growing and Changing : Lesson Six – Changing Teeth


This science teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record how the teeth can change as people move from childhood to adulthood. The children can draw examples of their own teeth and list different ways to care for the teeth as they grow and get older.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and record how the teeth can change as people move from childhood to adulthood

Learning Objectives

Describe the importance for humans eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. Observing closely, using simple equipment.

Learning Outcomes

I can explain how teeth change as people get older. I can show what  I have found out by drawing and labelling a picture.

Changing Teeth

Teaching sequence to help the children investigate and record how the teeth can change as people move from childhood to adulthood

What Teeth

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify and describe some of the different types of teeth found in the human mouth

Teeth Rules

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify and describe different ways of looking after the teeth

Changing Teeth

Interactive activity to help the children investigate and record how the teeth can change as people move from childhood to adulthood

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and record how the teeth can change as people move from childhood to adulthood

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