1. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS (NATURAL SCIENCE) LPT UNIT
YEAR 6 PRIMARY EDUCATION
ISABEL ANDRÉS DEL CASTILLO
AMAYA CUEVAS ORTEGA

2. driving question
AM I NORMAL?

4. DURATION OF THE LPT UNIT
4 Weeks during the first Term

5. CENTRAL QUESTION OR PROBLEM
HOW DO OUR BODIES CHANGE IN THE PUBERTY?

6. FINAL PRODUCT CREATE A LIFE SIZE POSTER OR MODELS IN GROUPS.
OUR STUDENTS WILL PRESENT TO OTHER STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL THEIR MODELS EXPLAINING FUNCTIONS, PROCESSES AND DESCRIBING ORGANS.
THEY HAVE TO CREATE THE MODELS IN THE ART LESSONS WITH DIFFERENT KIND OF MATERIALS (RECYCLED, PAPER, PLASTICINE...)

7. CONTENT AND LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES
MAKE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANS USING ADJECTIVES.
BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO AN EXPERT IN ORDER TO HAVE A DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING.
USE PREPOSITION OF PLACE TO LOCATE THE ORGANS WITHIN THE SYSTEMS.
THERE IS/THERE ARE…
USE LANGUAGE STRUCTURES TO EXPLAIN A PROCESS

8. HOW TO ORGANISE THE PROJECT
SHOCKING VIDEO THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS AWARENESS OF THEIR BODIES : “AM I NORMAL?”
ASK STUDENTS TO WRITE QUESTIONS IN AN ANONYMOUS WAY TO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW.
SHOW THEM A VIDEO RELATED TO THE GENERAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES.
DIVIDE THE CLASS IN GROUPS OF EXPERTS AND ASK THEM TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS, USING ALL KIND OF REASORCES: SCIENTIFIC BOOKS (SCHOLACTIC), WEBPAGES, VIDEOS, THEIR TEXT BOOK
REARRANGE THE GROUPS TO HAVE AN EXPERT OF A DIFFERENT AREA IN EACH OF THE NEW GROUPS, AND TELL THEM TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT ASK AN EXPERT, A GINECOLOGIST, DOUBTS ABOUT REPRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND PUBERTY.

9. FORMATIVE / ONGOING ASSESSMENT
Socrative QUIZ
Human reproduction
SOC

10. QUESTIONNARIE TO THE FAMILIES TO ASK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN RELATION TO PUBERTY

12. SOME RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
(video and information about boys puberty)
(video and information about girls puberty)
(general information for the 5 group of experts)
(general resources for science)

13. SOME RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
(puberty for girls)
(puberty in a simply way)
(Revision at the end of the unit with a crossword)
(general resources for science)

14. EXAMPLES OF MODELS REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

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