Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly:
- names of reproductive organs,
eg ovary, testis, oviduct, uterus
- specialised terms,
eg menstruation, ovulation, fertilisation, placenta, mammary glands, sperm, gestation
- words with similar but distinct meanings,
eg hereditary and inherited, baby and foetus, puberty and adolescence
- words with different meanings in scientific and everyday contexts,
eg cell, fuse
- words relating to scientific enquiry,
eg reliability, sample size, national data
Through the activities pupils could:
- make notes, summaries, etc to clarify ideas and thinking which can be used later
- plan and develop ideas and lines of thinking into continuous text
- join ideas within sentences including using links of time (then, later, meanwhile) and cause (so, because, since)
- collaborate with others to share information and ideas, and solve problems
- answer questions using relevant evidence or reasons
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