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Activity Details

Victorian Curriculum

Health & PE Explore strategies to

manage physical, social

and emotional change

VCHPEP089

Time 30 minutes

Levels 3 & 4

Equipment • a set of ‘True’, ‘False’

and ‘Not sure’ coloured

cards and statement

cards (per group)

• True or false? Teacher

reference sheet

True or false?PurposeTo review the students’ knowledge about reproductive body parts.

Teaching notesThis activity can create an excellent opportunity for students to learn

from one another. It is a flexible activity that could be used in many

ways, including as a revision activity. Focusing the discussion around the

differences in responses and on the cards placed under the ‘Not sure’

heading will be more beneficial to the students than focusing on what they

already agree upon.

Procedure1. Divide the class into groups of 4-6 students.

2. Give each group an envelope containing the ‘True’, ‘False’ and ‘Not

sure’ headings on coloured paper and the statement cards.

3. Ask the students to place the ‘True’, ‘False’ and ‘Not sure’ cards on

the table or floor. One by one, they should read each statement and

discuss under which heading it should be placed.

4. When all groups have completed the activity, allow them time to view

the responses of other groups.

DiscussionPoints for discussion could include:

• Why were statements placed under 'Not sure’?

• Is it important to agree?

• How can you find out if something is true or false?

• Which statements were more difficult to answer?

• Which statements would you like to find out more information on?

Activity: 3-4.8.4Key Message

• The reproductive system

is an important system

within the human body.

Adapted from Gourlay, P, White, W and Walsh, R 2001, Growing up and feeling good: strategies for teaching and learning about puberty, Family Planning Victoria, Box Hill, Vic.

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True or false? Teacher reference sheet

True False Not sure

All people are born with a penis. ✓

Both men and women have nipples. ✓

Boys are born with two testicles. ✓

Girls are born with all their ova (eggs) in their ovaries. ✓

Boys have sperm at birth. ✓

The uterus is very strong because the baby grows in it. ✓

The testicles are an important part of a female’s body. ✓

The sperm and the ovum (egg) meet in the vagina. ✓

Boys have two ovaries. ✓

The human body has special body parts that are used for reproduction.

✓

The penis has strong bones in it. ✓

Boys and girls wee out of their bottoms. ✓

Pregnancy lasts for one year. ✓

Breasts make milk for feeding a baby. ✓

There is milk in breasts all the time. ✓

✓ = correct answer

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True

FAlse

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NoT sure

All people are born with a penis.

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Both men and women have

nipples.

Boys are born with two testicles.

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Girls are born with all their ova (eggs) in

their ovaries.

Boys have sperm at birth.

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The uterus is very strong because the

baby grows in it.

The testicles are an important part of a

female’s body.

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The sperm and the ovum (egg)

meet in the vagina.

Boys have two ovaries.

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The human body has special body

parts that are used for reproduction.

The penis has strong bones in it.

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Boys and girls wee out of their bottoms.

Pregnancy lasts for one year.

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Breasts make milk for feeding a baby.

There is milk in breasts all the time.

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