Animals including humans: All about Me
'Animals, including humans - All about me' is the first part of two units. This unit takes children through a series of lessons where they learn how to identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.
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Investigation - What 5 body parts do the senses come from?
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Key Vocabulary
Head - The top part of a human or an animal’s body
Body - The whole of a human or animal, including the head, brain, heart, legs and arms
Brain - The control centre of the body
Pupil - The black spot in the middle of the eye that lets in light, colour and shapes
Ear - The organs or body parts in humans and other animals that allow them to hear
Sound - Vibrations or sound waves that we can hear
Tongue - Moving organ in the mouth that is used for talking, tasting, eating and licking
Taste - The sense by which sweet, sour, bitter or salty flavours are detected through taste buds in the tongue
Plants
This unit on 'Plants' takes children through a series of lessons where they learn how to identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. They also learn how to identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees. At the end of this unit, children will...
- Know that plants grow from seeds and bulbs
- Name the basic parts of flowering plants and trees: roots, stem, trunk, leaves, flowers (blossom), fruit
- Label and describe the basic parts of flowering plants and trees: roots, stem, trunk, leaves, flowers (blossom), fruit
- Know a variety of plants and trees from the following groups: garden plants, wild plants, deciduous and evergreen trees.
- Know the difference between deciduous and evergreen plants
- Know that plants need light and water to grow
- Know we can eat lots of plants
The Parts of a Plant
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Key Vocabulary
Seed - The small part of a plant which grows into a new plant
Plant - A living thing that has roots, a stem or trunk and leaves
Stem - Part of a plant that supports a flower
Petal - A leaf that forms part of a flower and is usually coloured
Deciduous - Trees that drop their leaves every year
Evergreen - Trees that keep their leaves all year round
Fruit - Part of a plant that has seeds
Vegetable - Part of a plant that can be eaten
Investigation - What changes have occurred to my sunflower?
As part of our investigation, children will plant a sunflower seed and keep a plant diary during the term to show how their plant grows and changes.
