Key Stage One : Science : Growing and Changing

This science scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and describe how humans change as they grow from children into adults including changes to appearance, height and abilities in performing different activities. The class can identify things that they need to support a healthy body as they get older.

Identify and describe how humans change as they grow from children into adults including changes to appearance, height and abilities in performing different activities

Lesson One : Babies and Toddlers
Identify and record some of the similarities and differences between different ages of children

Lesson Two : Growing Instructions
Discuss and explain the importance to humans of using food and water to stay healthy in their lives

Lesson Three : Body Changes
Explore ways that people grow and change using a range of different measurements and observations

Lesson Four : Child to Adult
Identify and describe some of the ways that people can change as they grow from a child into an adult

Lesson Five : Changing Height
Discuss and describe some of the different ways that bodies grow and change as they get older

Lesson Six : Changing Teeth
Investigate and record how the teeth can change as people move from childhood to adulthood

Growing and Changing Assessment
Assess the children’s abilities in identifying and describing how humans change as they grow from children into adults
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