Stages in

the Life
Cycle of
Human
SCIENCE 4 - SSES
Look at Me!
Kathryn is combing her hair
in front of the mirror. She has just
remembered that her glam team
will go to a hospital later that day
to undergo medical examination.
While looking at herself in the
mirror, she wonders how much
she has changed from birth up to
now. She looks at her baby
picture hanging on the wall near
her and then looks at herself in
the mirror again. She feels happy
to see that she has grown up.
 What do you think
are the changes that
Kathryn observed as
she grows?
Stages in the
Life Cycle of
Humans
Birth and Infancy
 Childhood
TODDLER – A child who is about 3 to 5 years old.
 Childhood
School Age – the life stage of a child from 6 to 12 years old.
Adolescence
(Teenager)
Adulthood
 In every life stage, there are changes that show signs of
growth and development. These changes include physical change,
mental change or intellectual change, social change, and
emotional change.
The most observable change that you can identify easily is
change in physical size or physical change, such as change in height,
weight, and size of body parts.