Learning objective
Knowledge
- To recognise and describe different habitats and their inhabitants.
Working scientifically
- To gather, record, classify and present data.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can recognise that different living things live
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading – comprehension
Pupils
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Arrange the class into groups of three and distribute three sticky notes and one set of the Resource: Vertebrate cards from Lesson 1: Grouping living things: Vertebrates and invertebrates to each group. Instruct each group member to secretly write the name of one of the vertebrates from the cards onto their sticky note and stick…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could be in the ‘winter’ group as the descriptions are shorter and simpler, requiring less research and detail to the illustrations; could use the Resource: The seasons to check they have the correct details for their season.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should research their season to add extra detail to their page; should explain what would happen to animals and plants in woodlands if there were no seasons and it was summer all year round; should explain what would happen to the animals and plants in woodlands if there were no seasons and it was winter all year round.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising that
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can describe how the weather changes in the UK over the seasons, from cold, wet and windy in winter to increasingly warm and dry in summer and back.
- I can describe how the behaviour of animals changes in the UK over the seasons, including laying eggs, raising young, storing food, hibernating and migrating.
- I can describe how plant growth changes over the seasons, including the shedding of leaves, growth of new leaves, flowering, fruiting and forming seeds and nuts.
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Vocabulary definitions
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seasonal changes
Variations in the environment, climate and organisms that occur over the course of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter).
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observe
To watch carefully
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y4: Classification and changing habitats
Lesson 1: Grouping living things: Vertebrates and invertebrates
Lesson 2: Grouping living things: Plants
Lesson 3: Classification keys
Lesson 4: Habitats and seasonal change
Lesson 5: Human impacts on habitats
Lesson 6: Natural changes to habitats
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 24th April, 2024
