Infancy and early childhood
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The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the stages of human growth and development that take place during infancy and early childhood. This lesson is the first of a two-part series aimed at introducing students to the different stages of physical growth and development in human beings from birth to 18 years of age. For each stage of development, they learn about key physical stages or milestones, which are research and science-supported indicators that help to track the progress of a child’s physical development at different stages of life. Conversely, they also learn that it is very natural and normal for children to reach these markers at different times. After a brief discussion exploring prior knowledge about human growth stages, students read about milestones and complete a chart that shows the similarities and differences between age groups. Science NetLinks provides necessary handouts, links to web resources, and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. This lesson plan also contains links to the second lesson in this series and “Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System.”
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 7
- Goal 1: The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.01: Identify and create questions and hypotheses that can be answered through scientific investigations.
- Objective 1.05: Analyze evidence to:
- Explain observations.
- Make inferences and predictions.
- Develop the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Objective 1.08: Use oral and written language to:
- Communicate findings.
- Defend conclusions of scientific investigations.
- Objective 1.09: Use technologies and information systems to:
- Research.
- Gather and analyze data.
- Visualize data.
- Disseminate findings to others.
- Objective 1.10: Analyze and evaluate information from a scientifically literate viewpoint by reading, hearing, and/or viewing:
- Scientific text.
- Articles.
- Events in the popular press.
- Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of the complementary nature of the human body system.
- Objective 4.01: Analyze how human body systems interact to provide for the needs of the human organism:
- Musculoskeletal.
- Cardiovascular.
- Endocrine and Nervous.
- Digestive and Circulatory.
- Excretory.
- Reproductive.
- Respiratory.
- Immune.
- Nervous system.
- Objective 4.02: Describe how systems within the human body are defined by the functions it performs.
- Objective 4.06: Describe growth and development of the human organism.
- Objective 4.01: Analyze how human body systems interact to provide for the needs of the human organism:
