Year 6. Unit 4: Reproduction. Sexual characteristics

 

 

1. Read the information presented during the class.

2. Complete page 16 from your Activity Book (Essential Science Plus 6).

CARNIVAL WEEK HOMEWORK

3. Complete the worksheet "Sensitivity II"
- For more information on this unit (UNIT 3) check previous posts in this blog.

• Here you have some help:

 

Year 4. Unit 4. Plants and animals: Plants make their own food.

 

Find out more about gorillas clicking here.

Is it a carnivore? Is it a herbivore? Is it an onmivore?
Is it viviparous? is it oviparous?

 

• What do the roots absorb? Water and minerals.
• Where does the raw sap travel? It travels up the stem to the leaves.
• What do the leaves absorb? Sunlight and carbon dioxide.
• Where does the elaborated sap go? From the leaves to the rest of the plant. 

 

1. Read the information.

2. Investigate more about gorillas :)

2. Complete Activity 1 from page 13 in your Activity Book.

Year 6. Unit 4: Reproduction

• What is used to produce ultrasound scans? Sound.
• What type of information do ultrasounds provide? Images with many details.
• Can you identify some of the baby's body parts in the ultrasound images? (Personal answer: I can see the eyes, the mouth, the nose, the arms, the legs…)
• Do you have any pictures of the ultrasound scans when you were a baby? (Personal answer).
• What can you see on the screen? A baby inside the mother's womb.
• Why is the woman smiling? Because she is going to have a baby and she can see it!

Year 4. Unit 3. How our body works: Looking after our systems!

Watch the video and answer the questions:

Let's play! 

Click on the picture to open the game :)

1. Watch the video again and enjoy it :)

2. Read the questions and think about the answers.

3. Read all the information and complete your activity book (page 12).

4. Play the game and help Ben to stay healthy!

Year 6. Unit 3. Sensitivity II. Internal coordination

The digestive tube moves food from our mouth to the large intestine.

1. Read the information presented in the class.

2. Complete page 15 from your activity book (activities 1 and 2)

Year 6. Unit 3. Sensitivity II. The endocrine system

 

Answer: Yes, they are more or less the same with some small differences.

 

 

• Which endocrine glands regulate growth?
• The pituitarygland and the thyroid gland.

• Which endocrine gland is also a digestive organ?
• The pancreas.

• Which glands are different in men and women? 
• The ovaries and the testicles (the reproductive glands).

 

1. Read the information presented and watch the video.

2. Complete your Activity Book (page 14).

3. Choose one of these exercises (see picture for more details).

• Copy and complete the table and search the Internet to find about the main hormones.
• Draw a comic strip with three vignettes.

 

4. Play the games to learn more about the endocrine system!
Game 1. Hangman game

Game 2. Endocrine system quiz

Year 4. Unit 3: How our body works. The skin

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You can try the experiment at home!

1. Read the information.

2. Watch the video.

3. Experiment.

4. Complete activity 2 from page 11 in your Activity Book.