Learning objectives
Knowledge
- To explore the gestation periods of humans and other animals.
Working scientifically
- To plot data on a scatter graph.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can recall what a gestation period is.
- I
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National curriculum
Science
Animals including humans
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Activity: Plotting gestation periods: support version to help with the scatter graph plotting and analysis; could use the Resource: Knowledge organiser to refer to when plotting to check the points are showing the expected pattern.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should plot the points as accurately as possible, rather than rounding to the nearest ten; should compare the dependencies of the newborn animals to humans as part of their comparison with human gestation (for example, newborn horses can walk straight away whereas humans cannot); could use devices to research the mass and gestation period of other animals to add to their scatter graph to see if they match the same pattern.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recalling what is meant by a
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can recall that the gestation period is the time the offspring develops within the female.
- I can describe that gestation varies across different animals; animals larger than humans will have a longer gestation period and vice versa.
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Vocabulary definitions
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foetus
An unborn animal that is developing inside the female.
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gestation period
The time that offspring develops within the female.
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y5: Human timeline
Lesson 1: Growing old
Lesson 2: Puberty
Lesson 3: Comparing human gestation
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 23rd May, 2024
