By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
- learn about sexual reproduction for the first time;
- build on their knowledge of the life cycles of different animals;
- understand that fertilisation is the process by which a male sperm cell and female egg cell join to form a new life;
- know that other animals, such as birds, fish and amphibians, lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young;
- and identify the different stages of reproduction.
Curriculum Alignment: Year 5 Science: Living things and their habitats
- describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals