Past Papers

Multimedia

Forum

QuizHub

Tutorial

School

calendar_month Last update: 2025-12-24

visibilityViewed: 4

bug_report Crash report

Growing booklet

calendar_month 2025-12-24

visibility 4

bug_report Crash report

Unit 1: Environments & habitats
Unit 2: Forces & movement
Unit 3: Getting materials right
Unit 4: Humans and animals grow
Unit 5: Light
Unit 6: Electricity

This Topic is About...

I will learn how people and animals change as they grow.
I will measure how tall I am using bottles.
I will learn how to draw simple block graphs.
I will look for patterns in my results.

You’re getting ready to explore and investigate!

Key Words

adult
age
baby
calf
chick
cub
growth / grow
old / older
parent
pictogram
young

Tap to Learn the Meanings!

adult: A fully grown person or animal.
age: How old someone or something is.
baby: A very young human.
calf: A baby cow or a baby of some other animals.
chick: A baby bird.
cub: A baby animal like a bear or a lion.
growth / grow: When living things get bigger and change over time.
old / older: Having lived for a long time.
parent: A grown-up who looks after a child or young animal.
pictogram: A picture chart that shows information using symbols.
young: Not fully grown yet.

These words help us talk about growing and changing.

Animals Have Young

All animals make babies. The babies are called the animals’ young.

What Growth Means

The young change as they grow older. This is called growth.

Fully Grown Animals

WWhen they are fully grown, we call the animals adults.

When Young Look Similar

The young of many animals look similar to the adults.

When Young Look Different

But the young of some animals look different from the adults.

A Baby Elephant

AA young elephant is called a calf.

Getting Bigger as We Age

WWhen it gets older it will grow bigger.

A Baby Penguin’s Name

AA young penguin is called a chick.

Changing Feathers

WWhen it gets older it will grow different coloured feathers.

QUESTIONS

1. The calf looks very similar to the adult elephant. How is it different?

Show answer

The calf is much smaller than the adult elephant and is not fully grown yet.

2. The chick looks very different from the adults. How is it similar?

Show answer

The chick is similar because it is still a penguin and will grow into an adult penguin as it gets older.

Meet a Human Baby

Here is a human baby.

FUN QUESTION

3. How do humans change as they grow?

Show me

As humans grow, their bodies get bigger and stronger. They learn new skills such as walking, talking, and thinking more clearly. Over time, they become more independent and can do more things by themselves. Great job for thinking about growing!

How Humans Grow

These pictures show how humans change as they grow older.

FUN QUESTION

4. Which picture shows people the same age as you?

Show me

The correct picture is the one that shows people who are about the same height and size as you. People of the same age usually have similar body size and height. By comparing the pictures, you can find the one that matches your age group. Well done for comparing carefully.

Showing Results with Pictures

She makes a pictogram to show the results.

What a Pictogram Means

Apictogram is like a block graph but uses pictures instead of blocks.

FUN QUESTIONS

5. How many bottles tall was the child aged 10?

Show me

The child aged 10 is as tall as the number of bottles stacked next to them in the picture. By counting the bottles carefully, you can find the correct height. This shows how measuring can be done using objects.

6. How many bottles tall was the adult aged 30?

Show me

The adult aged 30 is taller than the child, so more bottles are needed. Counting the bottles stacked beside the adult gives the answer. This helps compare heights between different ages.

7. Describe the pattern in the results.

Show me

The pattern shows that as age increases, height also increases. Older people usually need more bottles to measure their height. This shows that humans grow taller as they get older.

Think Like a Scientist – Measuring Height

You will need: two identical plastic bottles, a younger child, and an adult.

What to do:

Use plastic bottles to measure yourself, a younger child, and an adult.

Measuring height using plastic bottles — Bottles are placed one by one to measure how tall someone is.

Make a block graph to show your results.

How am I doing?

Ask a friend to check your measuring.
Have you counted the right number of bottles?

WHAT WE LEARNED

In this lesson, we learned how humans and some animals change as they grow. We practised measuring height using bottles, drawing block graphs, and spotting patterns in results. Well done for learning new science and maths skills!

Blog

Go to blog

See allchevron_forward