PR-0552UK Primary Science - Book 2

Changes
Myself – Activity 3
Objectives
• recognise that all living
things grow and change
• recognise that physical
growth has taken place since
birth
• begin to identify the main
phases of the human life
cycle
Working scientifically
• Questioning
• Observing
• Predicting
• Recording and
communicating
Background information
All through our lives, changes will
occur. Some of these changes
may be small, some major. They
may be physical or emotional,
positive or negative.
Food and water are essential
to the growth and survival of
people, plants and animals.
People also require sleep
and exercise for growth and
development.
Cyclic patterns occur in nature.
The most obvious of these are
the life cycles of different animals,
including humans. Other cycles
involve weather, climate, the
passing of time (days, weeks,
months, years), water etc. The
repetitive nature of life on Earth is
a concept that can be reinforced
from many perspectives.
Before the lesson
Materials needed
• Photographs and charts of people, plants and animals at different stages of their
life cycle, or life cycle charts.
Preparation
• Collect photographs of people at different stages in their lives. Ask pupils to bring
photographs of themselves as babies and toddlers.
The lesson
Stimulus
• Use photographs and charts to show people at different stages of their lives. Display
the photographs of the pupils. Play a ‘guess who?’ game.
What to do
• Ask pupils to think about what they could do as babies. What did they like to eat?
What were their responsibilities? Continue with pupils considering the same criteria
when they were toddlers. Did they have any responsibilities such as having to put
their cup in the sink or put their toys away? Ask the class what their responsibilities
are now. Do they have any chores? What things do they like to do and eat now?
• Pupils complete the table. Ask the class how things have changed.
• Pupils complete Question 2 by drawing or labelling pictures. Pupils may need help
with the spelling of some words.
• Show the pupils pictures of plants and animals at different stages. Pupils match
the animals and plants in their early stages with the same plants/animals in their
later stages.
After the lesson
Answers
1. Teacher check
2. baby child teenager adult senior
3. (a) kitten – cat
(b) seed – plant
(c) tadpole – frog
(d) caterpillar – butterfly
Viewing Sample
Additional activities
• Explore the cycles of animals that hibernate; for example, bears.
Display ideas
• Pupils look through magazines and find pictures of people in one of the five stages
of their life cycle. The pictures can be glued on black card, labelled and have arrows
attached to show the order.
• Other posters of life cycles can be created and displayed. The pupils can draw, paint
or use pictures from the Internet and put them in the correct order, showing the
cycle.
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