More about human development | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these sentences are questions?

What a lot of learning we have done today!

What is the name for the stage after childhood? ✓

I don’t know what babies eat.

What is the average adult height for women? ✓
Match the human development stage to the approximate age.

baby

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0 - 1 year old ✓

toddler

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1 - 3 years old ✓

child

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3 - 12 years old ✓

adolescent

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12 - 20 years old ✓

adult

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20+ years old ✓
Which of these statements about humans is not true?

They all reach development milestones at the same time. ✓

They are mammals who give birth to live young.

They stop growing taller at the end of puberty.

They grow and develop inside their mother's womb during a gestation period.
Starting with the earliest, order these human development milestones.

1

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able to eat solid food

2

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learn to walk

3

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voice becomes deeper for boys

4

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stop growing taller

5

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bones shrink slightly
Which of these changes generally happen during puberty?

learn to walk

body hair grows under arms ✓

bones shrink slightly

height increases ✓

girls’ hips get wider and boys’ shoulders get broader ✓
Which of these changes are likely to happen to humans during the elder stage?

many wrinkles appear on skin ✓

periods start

muscles may lose strength and flexibility ✓

vision and hearing may deteriorate ✓

voice becomes deeper

Exit quiz

Scientists ask relevant ______ to help them find out more about the world.

'questions' ✓
What is a survey?

a set of statements giving information

a set of numbers that tell us about populations

a set of coordinates used to locate something on a map

a set of questions used to gather information ✓
Match the question stem to the rest of each question.

What

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is the name for the last stage of human development? ✓

When

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do most children learn to walk? ✓

Where

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on the body does more hair grow during puberty? ✓

How

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does human height change over time? ✓
Which of these questions would not be relevant to a human development survey?

How old were you when you took your first steps?

How old were you when you noticed your first grey hairs?

How old were you when you had your first holiday? ✓

How old were you when your first tooth fell out?
Which of these statements about surveys is not true?

Surveys use a sample of people to help us understand whole populations.

Survey questions should be planned carefully.

Surveys can include different types of questions.

Surveys must be done with every single person in a particular population. ✓
Why are surveys taken from a sample of people, not every single person in a population?

It would not be possible to get every single person to respond. ✓

The amount of people surveyed won’t have any effect on the results.

Everyone will give the same answers.

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Key learning points

Scientists ask relevant questions in order to find out more about the world.
A survey is a method of gathering information using relevant questions.
A survey is usually taken from a sample of people with the aim of understanding populations as a whole.
Different types of questions can be used in a survey and they must be planned carefully.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that human development milestones happen at the same time for everyone.

Using the lesson resources to support, explain that humans are all different and so grow and develop at different rates. This is why we need surveys to find out more information, as one rule cannot be applied to all humans.

Keywords

Question - A question is a type of sentence which asks something.
Relevant - Something that is relevant is connected to what is happening or being discussed.
Population - Population is the number of people living in a certain place.
Survey - A survey is a set of questions used to gather information.
Sample - A sample of a population means a part of that population.