Unit 4 - Variation and reproduction

Content

• Variation in living things, animals, plants and humans.
• Graphing: bar graph vs a histogram
• Correlation.
• The distinct personality of an individual. Who you are, where you come from influences in your personality.
• Life cycles.
• Reproductive parts and functions fertilisation and conception hormones cause puberty hormones cause behavioural changes (adolescence) cells divide and have genetic material; fertilisation means new sets of genetics are made.
• Relevant vocab:- fertilisation, umbilical cord, embryo, foetus, newborn, placenta, amniotic fluid

Skills and understanding

• Discuss classification with plant, animals and human images to identify variation.
• Use continuous and discontinuous data to construct graphs
• Graphing correlation.
• Discuss what makes identity
• Identify the parts of the reproductive system and organs.
• Use flash cards on puberty, menstrual cycle and human development.
• Describe how unique we are.
• Describe a family tree.