English National Curriculum Science - Previous Lessons - Science

2. How do you know what you are feeling?

Mission Objectives

Understand that feelings can affect the body

Notice how emotions feel in your body

Spot clues that show how someone else is feeling

Rocket Words Quiz

Rocket Words Quiz

See if you know all the meanings of the rocket words

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Assessment Quiz

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Word Search Game

Word Search Game

Find all the rocket words in the grid

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Keywords

Words and meanings to learn

scan

to look carefully and slowly at something, checking for clues

tense

when your muscles feel tight and stiff

sweaty

when your skin feels wet and sticky

tingly

a prickly or tickly feeling in your body

butterflies

a fluttery feeling in your tummy when you are excited or worried

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Required Resources

Resources: Magnifying glasses, emotion fans, pens, pencils. (Optional: sticky notes)

Handout 1: The handout provides photographs of children displaying different emotions for the pupils to ‘scan’ and detect emotions. 

Handout 2: The handout provides a script for the teacher delivering the lesson with examples of emotions and how they may present in the body. 

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