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Helping you to deliver an LGBT+ INCLUSIVE
CURRICULUM
Subject: Science
Key Stage 3
PUBERTY, PARTS & PEOPLE
www.rainbowflagaward.co.uk
Original “The Classroom” concept developed by Schools OUT UK
Aims
KS3 Science
Relates to Reproduction
Reproduction in humans (as an example of a mammal), including the structure and
function of the male and female reproductive systems, menstrual cycle (without details
of hormones), gametes, fertilisation, gestation and birth, to include the effect of
maternal lifestyle on the foetus through the placenta.
Learning Intentions
Students can:
State the seven life processes.
Describe the functions of the reproductive organs.
Suggest why puberty and reproduction may be difficult for some people.
Resources
Supplied:
PowerPoint, including printable slides 23 and 27
Needed:
Scissors
Preparation
1. Read the lesson plan and PowerPoint to familiarise yourself with the activities.
2. Print PowerPoint slides 23 and 27 (one per students or one per group of students,
whatever you think will work best).
3. The lesson includes the terms trans and assigned at birth. If you are looking for a
resource which supports the teaching of trans identities you can find resources
through The Proud Trust charity (https://www.theproudtrust.org).
Puberty, Parts & People | Science | Key Stage 3
www.rainbowflagaward.co.ukTime Slide(s) Activity Method
5 mins 4-12 Starter Ask your students to work in pairs or small groups to create
a list of the seven things all living organisms are able to do.
You may wish to share MRS NERG with them as all living
things can do seven things. Each starts with a different
letter from MRS NERG.
Answers:
Movement = all living things can move (jumping, running,
bending towards the Sun, etc.)
Reproduction = all living things can have offspring (humans
can have babies, sheep have lambs, geese has goslings, etc.)
ASK: Do plants have offspring?
Sensitivity = all living things can sense their surroundings
(animals can see, hear, smell, etc.)
ASK: What are the other two senses?
Nutrition = all living things can take in nutrients (animals
eat to take in nutrients)
ASK: How do plants take in nutrients?
Excretion = all living things can remove waste (we breathe
out the carbon dioxide our bodies produce because it is
waste, our bodies cannot use it)
ASK: What other waste products do we excrete?
Respiration = all living things are made up of cells.
Respiration is a chemical reaction in cells that releases
energy
ASK: What do we need energy for?
Growth = all living things can grow and get bigger.
Puberty, Parts & People | Science | Key Stage 3
www.rainbowflagaward.co.uk3 mins 13 Learning Opportunity to share the learning intentions, date and title.
Intentions
2 mins 14 Big Picture What happens to a person’s body so they can reproduce as
an adult?
(The Big Picture links to lesson content to the real world and
events happening outside of school. It acts as a point of
interest to inspire conversations and engage students.)
5 mins 15-16 Pair/Share Reproduction is the process of creating offspring (human
offspring = babies)
What is needed for reproduction?
Answer:
Gametes! All human life originated from two cells:
Egg (ovum)
Sperm
ASK: Why do you think we don’t say a mum and a dad or a
woman and a man are needed to create a baby?
Opportunity to highlight the existence of same-gender
parents, or single parents, etc.
5 mins 17-18 Review and Reflect Ask your students to use the information they have covered
Literacy so far to write a definition for the word ‘Gamete’.
Suggested answer:
Gametes = The reproductive cells needed to create offspring
ASK: Which body parts are needed to make eggs (ova) and
sperm?
10 mins 19-22 New Material Share with your students the diagram of the “female”
reproductive system on slide 19.
Easier: Identify the uterus, vagina and ovary in the diagram
Extension: Can you identify any of the other parts of the
female reproductive system?
Answers on the following slide.
Puberty, Parts & People | Science | Key Stage 3
www.rainbowflagaward.co.ukASK: Do all women have the female reproductive system?
Opportunity to highlight existence of trans people.
Share with your students the diagram of the “male”
reproductive system on slide 21.
Easier: Identify the penis and testes in the diagram
Extension: Can you identify any of the other parts of the
male reproductive system?
ASK: Do all men have the male reproductive system?
Opportunity to highlight existence of trans people.
10 mins 23-24 Deepen Your Share with your students the functions that you have
Understanding printed from slide 23.
Ask your students to name reproductive system structures
that these functions describe.
Answers on the following slide.
15 mins 25-28 Deepen Your Share the following with your students:
Understanding
Eggs (ova) and sperm are not released until a person goes
through puberty. Puberty is the time when a child’s body
begins to develop and change as they become an adult.
Show your students the table on slide 26. Look at the
headings ‘bodies assigned male at birth’ and ‘bodies
assigned female at birth’.
Share with your students what these headings mean:
When a person is born, the doctor/midwife looks at the
baby’s body and labels them male/boy or female/girl.
ASK: Why do you think we use the term ‘bodies assigned
male at birth’ instead of ‘boys’? This is a further opportunity
to highlight the existence of trans people.
Give a set of changes in puberty cards (printed from slide
27) to each of your students/each group of students and ask
them to sort them into the three groups – which pertain to
‘bodies assigned male at birth’, ‘all bodies’, and ‘bodies
assigned female at birth’.
Puberty, Parts & People | Science | Key Stage 3
www.rainbowflagaward.co.ukAnswers on slide 28.
5 mins 29-30 Review and Reflect Encourage your students to discuss:
How might reproduction and puberty be difficult parts of
some people’s lives?
You may wish to prompt them with the following questions:
1. How might trans and non-binary people feel during
puberty?
2. Should sanitary towels and tampons be free?
3. How might people’s self-confidence change during
puberty?
4. How is having a baby for same gender couples
different to different gender couples?
5. How would people react to a pregnant trans man?
6. Is it easy/expected for all cis and straight couples to
reproduce?
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