Year 5 Human Development Worksheet - Beginner

Year 5 Human Development worksheet for Year 5 (Key Stage 2 / Year 3-6 (Ages 7-11)). Beginner level science practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Growing and Changing: Human Development

Year 5 • Ages 9–10 • Beginner

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Instructions: Explore how humans change from birth to old age. Read each prompt carefully and use the clues on the page to help you answer. People develop at different rates, and some changes vary from person to person.

Stages of Human Life

Use the word bank to name the life stage described in each sentence. Each word is used once. Think about the order in which people usually grow and develop.

Word bank: baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult, older adult

1. A very young person who depends on carers for feeding and care:

2. A young child who is learning to walk and talk:

3. A person who is growing, learning and developing before the teenage years:

4. A person going through adolescence, when many physical and emotional changes happen:

5. A grown person who may work and care for others:

6. A person in a later stage of life who may have grey hair or need extra support:

Put the Stages in Order

Write the numbers 1–6 in the boxes to show a usual order of development, from earliest to latest. The stages are deliberately mixed up. People’s lives are not all exactly the same, but these broad stages help us describe human development.

1. Adult

2. Baby

3. Older adult

4. Child

5. Toddler

6. Teenager

Changes as We Grow

Choose the best answer for each question. Think about changes that commonly happen during human development. Remember that individuals grow and develop at different rates.

1. Which change commonly happens as a baby grows into a toddler?

2. Which is a common change during adolescence?

3. Which statement about adult development is most accurate?

4. Which change may happen in older age?

5. Which statement is true about human development?

A Life-Stage Snapshot

Read the short description in each row. Write the life stage that best fits. Use the word bank for support; each stage is used once. These are examples, not rules that fit every person.

Word bank: baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult, older adult

1. Sam is learning to crawl and relies on a grown-up for nearly all care.

2. Asha is practising new words and walking with an unsteady step.

3. Leo is learning at school and becoming more independent.

4. Noor is experiencing changes associated with adolescence.

5. Alex is a grown-up who works and helps care for family members.

6. Pat is in later life and enjoys sharing memories with younger relatives.

True or False? Growing and Ageing

Write “true” or “false” in each box. If a statement is false, you may correct it aloud or in your book. Use what you have learnt about changes from birth to old age.

1. Babies need adults to help meet many of their needs.

2. Every child learns to walk at exactly the same age.

3. Adolescence is a stage when many physical and emotional changes can happen.

4. Adults can continue learning new skills.

5. Everyone in older age has the same health and abilities.

Explain One Change

Choose one life stage and explain one change that may happen during it. Use the sentence starter to organise your idea. Give a sensible example, and remember that people can have different experiences.

A change that may happen during the __________________ stage is ________________________________.

This change can help a person to _________________________________________________.

Answer Key

Activity 1: baby ; toddler ; child ; teenager ; adult ; older adult

Activity 2: 1→2 ; 2→1 ; 3→6 ; 4→4 ; 5→3 ; 6→5 (in the printed order, write: 4 ; 1 ; 6 ; 3 ; 2 ; 5)

Activity 3: Learning to walk ; The body begins to mature ; Adults may develop skills and take on responsibilities ; Hair may become grey or white ; People develop in different ways and at different rates

Activity 4: baby ; toddler ; child ; teenager ; adult ; older adult

Activity 5: true ; false ; true ; true ; false

Activity 6: Answers will vary. Accept a relevant life stage and a plausible change, such as a baby learning to crawl or an older adult’s hair becoming grey or white.