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 * Unit 7B: Sex and science 3 weeks **
 * ** Topic 1: Starting out in life ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 57 || Resources ||
 * * Explain what sexual reproduction is
 * State what evidence is and how it is used.
 * Describe the differences between internal and external fertilisation.
 * Recall what happens in fertilisation. || * Starter: Quick quiz 7B
 * Endangered animals – discussion/Red list
 * Research endangered species
 * Book p 21: read and answer all questions
 * Book p 22-23: read and answer all questions, class discussions
 * HW: worksheets || * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 21 - 13
 * Quick quiz 7Ba
 * Quick check 7Ba
 * 789science.wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE Biology: || Assessment:
 * Plenary: Quick check || Support/extension:
 * Access: Worksheet 7Ba (1) and (2)
 * Must: worksheet 7Ba(2)
 * Worksheets 7Ba (3) (should) or (4) (could) ||


 * ** Topic 2: Reproductive organs ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies - p 60 || Resources ||
 * * Recall the names of the human reproductive organs and where they are.
 * Describe how sperm cells are adapted to their functions.
 * Describe how egg cells are adapted to their functions.
 * Recall what the menopause is. || * Starter: animal reproduction organs video – AT
 * Female reproductive system – AT video, worksheet 7Bc (2)
 * Male reproductive system – AT video, worksheet 7Bc (3)
 * Book p 24-25: read, answer questions, class discussion
 * Research cervical/testicular cancer
 * HW: worksheets || * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 24 - 25
 * AT
 * Worksheets 7Bc (2) and (3)
 * 789science.wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE Biology: || Assessment:
 * AfL: learning: students write down what they have learned that they did not know
 * Cloze || Support/extension:
 * Access: Worksheet 7Bb (1) and (2)
 * Must: worksheet 7Bb(2)
 * Worksheets 7Bb (3) (should) or (4) (could) ||


 * ** Topic 3: Sex ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies - p - 63 || Resources ||
 * * Recall where fertilisation happens.
 * Describe how a fertilised egg cell develops into an embryo.
 * Recall what implantation is.
 * Explain why babies have features from both parents. || * Starter: Thinking skills – animal pregnancy video – AT video
 * Book p 26-27: read, answer all questions, class discussions
 * Becoming pregnant: cut and stick – worksheet 7Bc (3)
 * Discussing topics relating to sex
 * Book p 28: read and answer all questions
 * HW: worksheets || * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 26 - 28
 * AT
 * Scissors and glue
 * Worksheet 7Bc (3)
 * Quick check 7Bc
 * 789science.wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE Biology: || Assessment:
 * Plenary: Quick check || Support/extension:
 * Access: Worksheet 7Bc (1) and (2)
 * Must: worksheet 7Bc(4)
 * Worksheets 7Bc (6) (should) or (7) (could) ||


 * ** Topic 4: Periods ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 66 || Resources ||
 * * Describe the menstrual cycle.
 * Describe how the developing baby is protected.
 * Explain how the developing baby is supplied with food and oxygen and how waste is taken away.
 * Explain how and why a pregnant woman should take care of herself. || * Starter: discussion on menstruation
 * Book p 29: read, answer questions, class discussions
 * Menstrual cycle explored – worksheet 7Bd (5)
 * What does a developing foetus need? discussion
 * Book p 30: read, answer questions, class discussions
 * Modelling a foetus
 * Book p31: read, answer question, class discussions
 * Plenary: revisit “what does a developing foetus need?”
 * HW: worksheets || * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 29 - 31
 * Worksheet 7Bd (5)
 * Materials for modelling a foetus
 * 789science.wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE Biology: || Assessment:
 * Cloze exercise || Support/extension:
 * Access: Worksheet 7Bd (1) and (2)
 * Must: worksheet 7Bd(7)
 * Worksheets 7Bd(9) (should) or (10) (could) ||


 * ** Topic 5: Giving birth ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies - p 70 || Resources ||
 * * Recall how long pregnancy lasts and how birth occurs.
 * Describe how a new baby is fed and cared for.
 * Explain what happens during puberty.
 * Describe what a lifecycle is. || * Starter: The human lifecycle - drawing
 * Book p 32 – 33: read, answer all questions, class discussion
 * Practical: growth measurements
 * Book p 34: read, answer question, class discussions
 * Thinking about lifecycles
 * HW: revise for test || * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 32 -34
 * Equipment and apparatus for practical to growth measurements
 * 789science.wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE Biology: || Assessment:
 * Revisit quick quiz
 * End of unit test || Support/extension:
 * Access: Worksheet 7Be (1) and (2)
 * Must: worksheet 7Be (6)
 * Worksheets: 7Be (8) and (9) (should) or (10) or (11) (could) ||