Unit 1A. Ourselves

The original Unit link from QCA for Unit 1A. Ourselves Click here

Useful links For a complete list of books, resources and software, we recommend you visit the Isle of Wight County Council page. Click here For more details.

Click here for the BBC curriculum links on this topic.

Click here to see how to use the computer for this topic.

Click here for lots of resources on this topic.

Click here for samples of gifted children's actvities.

1. Parts of the body
Click here for worksheets and games on the human body.
Click here to get a flashcard maker.
Ourselves Vocabulary Flashcards - A set of flashcards containing the vocabulary covered in this unit.
Click here for a simple online wordsearch.
Clcik here for a difficuult wordsearch (online - no words) - Would suit projector. Click here for harder worksheet with no labels.
Parts of the Body Anagrams (online)
Parts of the Body Anagrams (worksheet)
Click here for simple ideas to label the body.
. Click here for a simple worksheet.
Click here to label the Body (Harder) .
Label the Face Worksheet. Label the parts of the face.

2. The five senses
Teaching Activities for the 5 senses. (from http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/)
Click here for flash cards on the senses.
Click here for parts of the body and parts of the eye online.
Click here for lots of fun things to do with your eyes.
Click here for great smell experiments.
Click here for a smell experiment worksheet. Click here for great smelling experiment.
Draw/write some things which taste salty, sweet, sour and bitter.
Click here for a fun tasting experiment.
Cick here for experiments on all 5 senses.
Hearing Worksheet. Go for a listening walk and record your sounds on this sheet.

3. Animals and humans
All About Me Worksheet. Complete a page of information about yourself. Include a drawing or photo on the back or near by.
Click here for a great set of flash cards describing an animals body. The children can discuss what do we both have. What special things do some animals have?

4. Growing and changing

Ideas:- Bring in photos of teachers as they grew up, or get children to bring in pictures of them growing up.

5. Matching adult and baby animals
The Lost Cygnet (a big book comparing young and adult animals)
Animals and their Young Match the young animal pictures to the grown up versions. (worksheet)
Animals and their Young Worksheet. Match the baby and adult animal (interactive).
Click here for simple matching worksheet.

6. Growing older
Click here for lesson ideas on growing older.

7. Differences between humans
Click here for a height chart. See if the oldest in the class is the tallest?
Click here to see the Queen of England. The photos go from young to old. You can then discuss changes over time without needing to find your own photos.

8. How animals move
An interactive activity on how animals move

9. Living and non-living things
Humans as Living Things

10. Eating and drinking
Click here for why we need food.
Click here for a lesson on what animals eat.
Click here for a worksheet on what animals eat - quite hard.

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