NATURAL SCIENCE YEAR 5

By Rafael Rodríguez Pérez

INDEX
1. Cells
2. Levels of organization
3. Sense organs and senses
4. The nervous system
5. The function of sensitivity

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1. CELLS

 Numbered heads together. Name the three smallest living things and the three
biggest non-living things that you can imagine.

 Cooperative reading. Read and choose.

- All living things are made up of cells.
- Cells are the basic units of life.
- We can’t normally see cells with our eyes. We need microscopes.
- Humans are made up of…
 hundreds of cells.
 millions of cells.
 102,000 cells.
 Humans don’t have cells.

 1-2-group. Classify these living things.

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 Individual activity. Read and answer.

All living things, included cells, carry out 3 basic life processes: nutrition,
sensitivity and reproduction.
a. Which process allows you to obtain nutrients? ___________
b. Which process allows you to produce new living things identical to you?
___________
c. Which process allows you to react to what you perceive around you?
___________
d. Which process allows you to obtain energy from food? ___________

 Play in pairs. Draw and your partner will guess which cell it is.
Cells are very small, but they have different sizes and shapes.

2. LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION

 Dictation.
- We are multicellular living things and our cells work together at different levels.
They are levels of organization.

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 1-2-group. Look and match from the simplest to the most complex level of
organization.

 Work in group. Watch the video and draw your group coordinator’s levels of
organization. Make his/her nervous system to do it.

Levels of organization
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=ZRFykdf4kDc

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3. THE SENSE ORGANS AND SENSES

 Numbered heads together. Match the senses and the organs.

 Work in groups. Read cooperatively, draw each sense organ, write some
information and complete the nervous system poster.
- Sight: The eyes are the sense organs of sight.
They detect light so we can see shapes and
colours. We also estimate distances.
The receptors are in the retina and the information
travels through the optic nerve.

- Hearing: The ears are the sense organs of

hearing. They detect sounds, their properties
and where they come from.
The receptors are in the cochlea and the
information travels through the auditory nerve.

- Touch: The skin is the sense organ of touch. It detects

temperature, pain, pressure…
The receptors are the touch receptors and the
information travels through the nerves.

- Taste: The tongue is the sense organ of

taste. It detects different flavours.
The receptors are in the taste buds and the
information travels through the taste nerves.

- Smell: The nose is the sense organ of smell. It detects

different smells in the air.
The receptors are in the olfactory epithelium and the
information travels through the olfactory nerves.
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 Dictation.
- The information goes from the receptors to the brain. The brain interprets the information.

 Work in groups. Use your posters to prepare a 3-minute exposition. Everybody must
participate.

4. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

 Look at the parts of the nervous system. Memorize them in one minute and play
‘Simon Says’.

 Work in pairs. Read cooperatively and tick ( ) the 3 tasks of the nervous system.
 It receives and interprets information from external and internal environment (stimuli).
 It gives you energy from food.
 It supports and protects your body.
 It gives orders for your body to respond to stimuli.
 It controls and coordinates all organs and systems in your body.
 It is a dwarf planet and moves around the Sun.

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 One member of each group is going to draw a nervous tissue on the board using a
lot of neurons.

- Later, another member is going to label as many

dendrites, bodies and axons as possible in one
minute.

- Finally, other members are going to hear some

stimuli and move their fingers (information) from the
correct receptor to the brain.

 1-2-group technique. Match these functions and the organs.

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5. THE FUNCTION OF SENSITIVITY

 Work in groups. Watch this video, look at this diagram and make a few cards with
stimuli and other cards with their appropriate responses. Then, play a matching
game.
Stimulus and Watch this video and write five
Response – examples of reflexes and learned
Elementary reactions.
Science
https://www. Stimulus response –
youtube.com/ Part 1
watch?v=h6- https://www.youtube.c
evXswaQs om/watch?v=fRYvDb
Y-2E8

 Read cooperatively and write T (true) or F (false).

A lot of processes are occurring inside our body at all times, for
example, digestion and blood circulation. These processes are
coordinated in order for the body to function properly. This is called
internal coordination. The nervous system is responsible for the
internal coordination.

a.We voluntarily move our stomach. __

b.Breathing is controlled by internal coordination. __
c.If internal coordination doesn’t work, we have a problem. __
d.Walking, speaking and writing are controlled by internal
coordination. __

 Work in groups. Complete the unit diagram.

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