Learning objective
Knowledge
- To recognise the impact of natural disasters on habitats.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can describe how wildfires, earthquakes and floods
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Hand each pupil a sticky note. Ask them to write or draw an action they can take to help protect habitats. They should consider what they learned about conservation from Lesson 5: Human impacts on habitats. Their action could be simple (for example, not littering) or ambitious (for example, organising a tree planting event). If a…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could stick to one role in the earthquake shake; could sing just the chorus when rehearsing the flooding song.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should explain what would happen if the Earth’s temperature keeps increasing with climate change; could choose an extension activity relating to habitats from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: Classification and changing habitats.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing how
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can describe how wildfires affect animals (destroying their homes) and plants (burning them).
- I can describe how earthquakes reshape the landscape, destroy animals’ homes and uproot plants.
- I can describe how flooding washes away plants and soil, spreads diseases and destroys animals’ homes.
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Vocabulary definitions
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earthquake
A shaking of the ground caused by moving tectonic plates.
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flood
When a body of water overflows or heavy rainfall covers the land.
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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: 29th November, 2024
