Year 6. Unit 5: Matter. Properties of matter

Do you know how to measure matter? 

Click on the game link and practice!

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Year 6. Unit 5. Matter: Plasma

Year 6. Unit 4. Birth, lanctancy and differentiating identical/fraternal twins.

1. Read the information presented during the class.

2. Investigate about the twins in your school (see questions in the picture).

3. Complete page 18 from your activity book.

Year 6. Unit 4. Reproduction: Pregnancy

1. Read all the information and explore the websites:

• How a baby develops.
• Foetal development.

2. In pairs, complete the booklet. 

• Write and draw recommendations for future moms.
• Search in Internet if you need extra information.

Year 6. Unit 4: Reproduction. The male reproductive system + Fertilization

Click HERE to go to the INTERACTIVE diagram

• Where are the reproductive cells produced? 
• In the testes.
• Which organs discharche liquids that mix with the sperm? 
• The seminal vesicles and the prostate gland.
• Which part is common to both the reproductive and the excretory systems? 
• The urethra.

Watch the animation HERE!

1. Read the information.

2. Watch and explore the interactive animations.

3. Complete in your activity book, page 17, the activity 2.

4. Complete in your activity book, page 18, activity 1.

Year 6. Unit 4: Reproduction. The female reproductive system

 

Do you agree? Do you disagree? 

What are your thoughts about the emotional changes? 

Can you think of more ideas or examples?

 

• Where are the reproductive cells contained?  
• In the ovaries.

• Which organ expands during pregnancy?
• The uterus.

•  Which external area protects parts of both the reproductive and the excretory systems?
• The vulva.

 

1. Read the information presented during the class and posted here in the blog.

2. Complete activity 1 of page 17 in your Activity Book.

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 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 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