Teacher guide · Curious Lab · Medium · about 32 min

🫀 Amazing Body

Pupils practise curiosity through "Amazing Body": Skeleton, teeth and digestion.

Lesson guide

  1. 1. Hook · 5 min

    Show the 🫀 mission title and read the opening: "Which organ pumps blood?". Take three quick guesses.

  2. 2. Model · 5 min

    Think aloud through the first step together. Use Sniff the Beagle's line as your prompt: "Great question! Ready to dig one layer deeper? Pick your next mission below."

  3. 3. Do · 10 min

    Pairs work through the 4 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"

  4. 4. Discuss · 10 min

    Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.

  5. 5. Reflect · 5 min

    Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used curiosity today.

Discussion questions

  • What was the hardest choice in "Amazing Body", and why?
  • Which organ pumps blood — explain your reasoning to a partner.
  • Which teeth bite and cut — explain your reasoning to a partner.
  • Plan a healthy meal and say why it's healthy — explain your reasoning to a partner.
  • Where could you use curiosity outside school this week?
  • If you did this again, what would you change?

Adapting it

Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.

Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.

Curriculum links

  • National Curriculum: Science: working scientifically plus the year-group topic
  • National Curriculum: Science: working scientifically — asking questions and observing
  • National Curriculum: Geography/History: enquiry and using sources
  • PSHE: Living in the wider world: media literacy and checking information

Pupil sheet

🫀 Amazing Body

Name: ____________________   Date: __________

  1. 1. Which organ pumps blood?

    ☐ Heart

    ☐ Lungs

    ☐ Stomach

  2. 2. Order of digestion.

    ___ Intestines

    ___ Mouth

    ___ Oesophagus

    ___ Stomach

  3. 3. Which teeth bite and cut?

    ☐ Canines only

    ☐ Incisors

    ☐ Molars

  4. 4. Plan a healthy meal and say why it's healthy.