Growth and Development: Grade 2: Lesson 2
The Human Body

Hey Students! Today we will be learning something really fun: Growth and Change! The Human Body is constantly changing, due to various circumstances and reasons. In today’s lesson, we will explore why these changes happen, and how we can recognize these said changes.
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Story: 

We will start off with a simple reading.
“All Grown Up!”

One sunny morning, whilst Sara was cleaning her room, she stumbled upon a worn, pink-coloured photo album. It was cutely labeled, “Sara: 2005-2015”. Curious, she opened the album, and smiled at what she found. The first few pictures were of her as a bubbly, bouncing baby. She was a chubby baby, with a small amount of hair on her head and had no teeth. She looked on, and was surprised to see the amount of changes that she had been through, from 2005 to 2015.

She had grown from a small, chubby baby, to a crawling, babbling toddler, to a tall, skinny child, with curly hair. Sara put down the album, and looked at herself in the mirror. In front of her stood a tall teenager, with curly black hair and pearly white teeth. She smiled at herself, and did a pose in the mirror. “I sure have grown a lot!”, she giggled. 

After admiring herself a bit more, she went back to cleaning her room.

Listening Exercise:
Objective of Listening Exercise: You will listen to a short reading about Human Development, afterwards, you will be given an exercise.

Listening Exercise, Read by the Teacher.

Have you ever looked at photographs of yourself as a baby, and wondered, “Why do I look different?” or, “I think I’m much smarter than when I was younger.” This is due to something called, Human Growth. 

Human Growth is the development of Humans from babies, to children, to adults. When we grow, our bodies undergo many changes. Our hair begins to grow, our teeth begin to form, we begin to learn to walk and talk. Our bodies develop, and so do our behaviours.

You will find that, you do not eat the same things that you ate, when you were a growing baby. You do not behave the same way you did, when you were a baby. Instead of crying when you want something- you ask for it, and so on. 

When you grow older, your bodies and behaviours will go through numerous changes. If we could look into the future, we would all look quite different than we do now!

2.1 Exercise
You will have three categories, in which you will list certain things: Baby, Child and Adult. You will have to list certain behaviours and physical appearances that you observe from each stage. When you have finished, you should be able to identify a change in Human Appearance and Behaviours as Humans Grow.

For Example:EXERCISE: List Behaviours and Appearances that you think each category would have.

Baby: Small, Cannot Talk, Has No Teeth, Cries when he/she wants something.

Child: Has teeth, Has grown in size, Playful.

Adult: Serious, Has grown taller, has a fully developed body.
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Looking at A Video
Objectives: We will look at a Brain Pop Video together and afterwards, there will be a True or False Exercise.

Video: https://www.brainpop.com/health/geneticsgrowthanddevelopment/aging/   

True or False Exercise:

1. Even when we age, we will still be able to do things as we did as a child. True/False.
2. How you age depends on things like Genetics, Diet, Regular Medical Check-Ups and Exercise. True/False
3. Babies are born with heads that are proportionally small for their bodies. True/False.
4. Most Humans finish growing, by the age of 18. True/ False
5. As you grow older, your vision, hearing and taste change. True/False

                Answers: 1F, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5T

Ending of Class 

SCRATCH CHALLENGE: 

Create an animation that explains Growth and Development Briefly. You have freedom in what sprites to use, and how creatively you convey your animation. E.G: Two characters having a conversation, about the topic. Remember to have fun! 

Here are some useful resource links:

https://www.dummies.com/programming/how-to-add-sound-for-a-scratch-character/

https://youtu.be/BdBV-Cy9fNg   

2ND GRADE

Science Concept: Internal body parts

Have you ever seen inside your body? Do you know what is present inside your body? There are many things present inside our bodies. Some main or major parts inside our bodies are:

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There are main parts inside our bodies. Some main parts are heart, stomach, lungs, liver, kidneys and brain.

We use our lungs to breathe.

We use our brain to think and reason.

We use our kidneys to help us to urine.

Our heart keeps us alive by pumping blood to all parts of our body.
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Name three main parts inside your body

1. ___________________________

2. ___________________________

3. ___________________________

Supplementary Teaching Video Link: 

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Identifying and locating the position of major organs (heart, lungs etc.).

List 6 internal body parts

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Identify the function of each body part you identify

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Math Questions 

• Work on 1 module from your khanacademy.com account
  Please have your child(ren) sign up for the STEMGuyana International Academy classroom on khanacademy.com.  All children will be guided in their grade appropriate level for Maths.  We will use this platform for weekly assessments.https://www.khanacademy.org/join/48ZMNV2TClass code
  48ZMNV2T
  Add and subtract within 20 unit (Khan Academy)
  
  

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Scratch Software

• Create a scratch animation showing at least three INTERNAL parts of the body and tell us what they’re used for.  (Remember to do your research)
• Update this project to include six internal parts of the body

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2ND GRADE

Science Concept: Good Health Practices

Have you ever seen inside your body? Do you know what is present inside your body? There are many things present inside our bodies. Some main or major parts inside our bodies are:

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Name three main parts inside your body

1. ___________________________

2. ___________________________

3. ___________________________

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Supplementary Teaching Video Link: 

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Write down all the healthy habits from the list below.  How many did you find?

1. Combing your hair

2. Not sleeping

3. Brushing your teeth

4. Eating a balanced diet

5. Bathing once per week

6. Washing fruits before you eat them

7. Throwing your litter on the floor

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Math Questions 

• Work on 1 module from your khanacademy.com account
  Please have your child(ren) sign up for the STEMGuyana International Academy classroom on khanacademy.com.  All children will be guided in their grade appropriate level for Maths.  We will use this platform for weekly assessments.https://www.khanacademy.org/join/48ZMNV2T

  Class code
  48ZMNV2T

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Scratch Software

• Create a scratch animation showing at least three INTERNAL parts of the body and tell us what they’re used for.  (Remember to do your research)

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