Learning objective
- To describe and classify micro-organisms.
Success criteria
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
English
Writing – composition
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Arrange the children into groups of four and hand out a whiteboard and pen to each group. Challenge each group to spend one minute (four minutes in total) noting down everything they remember about each of the plant groups (mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants) from the previous lesson. Bring the class back together and…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could pick only three keywords when writing their poem about bacteria; could structure their poem as a ‘What am I?’ riddle and focus on creating clues using the keywords.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could include most of the poem keywords; could illustrate their poem with a diagram of a bacteria.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining a micro-organism
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can define a micro-organism as a living thing that is too small to be viewed by the naked eye.
- I can name some examples of micro-organisms including bacteria, protists and fungi.
- I can classify bacteria according to their shape (spherical, rod, spiral, corkscrew and comma) using a classification key.
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Vocabulary definitions
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micro-organism
A microscopic living thing (e.g. bacteria, protists and some fungi).
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microscopic
Smaller than the eye can see.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 9th September, 2024
