People are a type of animal called humans.

Adolescence is the time that a human spends as an adolescent.

An adolescent is a human in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Puberty is a time when human bodies go through changes to become adults that are able to reproduce.

When living things reproduce they create their offspring.

Changes during puberty

Science

In this Human development unit, pupils learn to describe the changes as humans develop to old age. In the Evolution and inheritance unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

In the New life unit, pupils learnt that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults. In this Human development unit, they will build on this knowledge to describe the changes as humans develop to old age

Human development

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Starting with the earliest, order the stages of human development.

The time when human bodies change to be more like adult bodies

The name for a group of organs inside a human’s body

The time humans are aged from 13-19 years old

Body hair grows in new places, such as under the arms

Match the stage of human development to the body change.

Which of these changes happen to both boys and girls during puberty?

When does puberty usually start for girls?

When does puberty usually begin for boys?

Humans become toddlers when they are around ...

At what stage in their development do humans usually stop growing?

What can human adults do that human children cannot?

Between what ages are young humans considered to be children?

Start learning to recognise letters and numbers 

Match the approximate age with the stage of development in young humans.

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Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Changes during puberty

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.