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Science at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 7A: Cells
Section 1: What are living organisms made from?

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Objectives

Children should learn:
  • that plants and animals contain organs
  • that tissues make up organs
  • to draw inferences from data

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Review pupils' knowledge of the organs of plants and humans, asking them to name, identify and show where these organs are found by using models and/or by labelling diagrams. Ask questions about the roles these organs play in the life of the organism, and the nature of important life processes.
  • Challenge pupils to consider what the organs of the body are made of, and introduce the idea of tissues. Show images of a range of organic structures, eg on video, CD-ROM, OHT slides. Ask pupils to make inferences about the structure of living things from this evidence.
  • identify, locate and describe the functions of a range of plant and human organs
  • make suggestions about the structure of living things from microscope evidence
  • state that living things are made up of different types of tissue, which is made up from very small units

Points to note

  • This activity is intended to help teachers find out what pupils know and understand about the organisation of organs in plants and humans and about life processes. Teachers will need to bear this in mind when planning later activities.

Sections in this unit

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1. What are living organisms made from?
2. a. How can using a microscope give us information about structure?
3. b. How can using a microscope give us information about structure?
4. What are cells like?
5. Checking progress
6. a. What do cells do?
7. b. What do cells do?
8. a. How are new cells made?
9. b. How are new cells made?
10. What causes pollen tubes to grow?
11. Reviewing work