KS3 ~ Year 7 ~ Development Of A Fetus

This lesson is designed for the Activate KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 B1.3 Module on ‘Reproduction’.

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The lesson begins with an introduction to the definition for ‘gestation’ - students are then asked to match the mammal to the correct gestation period length, from the selection provided. This task can be marked once it is complete.

Students are then asked to consider the advice that a midwife might give to a pregnant woman, regarding her health and her baby’s health. After a few minutes of partner discussion, students can feed back to a class discussion where hopefully factors such as diet, alcohol consumption and smoking are mentioned.

During the next part of the lesson, students will need to walk around the room reading posters of information on the development of a fetus inside the uterus. Students will need to complete a worksheet using this information, the mark scheme for this task is included in the PowerPoint so students can self-assess their work or peer-assess their work once the task is complete.

The last activity is a ‘Human Bingo’ task, each student is given the same grid - each box of the grid contains a different question. Students need to walk around the room and get a different student to answer each of the different questions on the grid - once complete they can sit down and shout ‘Bingo!’.

The plenary task requires students to come up with five questions for the five answers that are provided on the PowerPoint.

All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)