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Science topics ages 6 - 7
Plants and animals in the local environment
Curriculum relevance
| Online lesson plan
Offline lesson
plan | Worksheet | Activity |
Quiz
Online lesson plan
Objectives
Recognise there are different types of plants and animals in a local
environment
Name some plants and animals and understand they require different habitats to
live
Relate simple life processes to plants and animals found in a local
environment
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National Curriculum
England: Key Stage 1, Science, Sc2, 1c, 5a, 5b
Wales: Key Stage 1, Life processes and living things, 4.1
Northern Ireland: Key Stage 1, Living things, Animals and plants, a
Scotland: 5-14 Guidelines, Science, Interaction of living things with their
environment Level A
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Resources required
Online activity from Science Clips website: Plants and animals
Secondary sources of information (reference books, CD-ROMs)
Copies of Plants and animals worksheet printed from the Science Clips
website
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Teaching activities
Introduction
Ask the children to name some plants and animals found locally. Make two
headings on the whiteboard, Plants and Animals, and ask children to add their
contribution to the correct place. What is different about plants and animals?
What is the same?
Classwork using interactive
whiteboard
Select Plants and animals in the local environment from the Science Clips website. Explain they are going
to spot some wildlife. Ask the children to predict where an animal might be
found. Why there? Select a child to spot and click on the wildlife. Click on
each magnifying glass and read through the information. Explain any unfamiliar
words. Click on Sorter 1 and show the children how the plants and animals can
be sorted by where they were found. Complete this activity. Click on Sorter 2
and explain the living thing has to be matched with where it came from. Do all
living things begin life in the same way? What did a bird look like at the
beginning of its life? Complete the activity.
Group work using a computer
for each group
Select and explain the activity as above. Ask the children to find the oak
tree and click on it. Where was it? Tell the pupils they should remember where
each thing is found. When the children know what to do, let them complete the
rest of the experiment. Encourage them to read or listen to the
information.
Plenary
What different types of wildlife were found in the park? Make a list on the
whiteboard. Choose one and ask the children to give some facts that they have
found out or knew already about the subject.
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Extension
Have a selection of reference books or CD-ROMs available for the children to
find out more about local wildlife. Ask children to create a simple What Am I?
quiz. The quiz has to give as many clues about the plant or animal that the
children are able to find out e.g. where they live, what their offspring are
called, drawing part of their body.
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Suggested homework
Hand out copies of the Plants and animals worksheet. Remind the pupils of what
they did in the activity. Explain that the children must draw or write plants
or animals into the three different habitats.
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