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Science topics ages 6 - 7
Variation
Curriculum relevance | Online lesson plan
Offline lesson plan |
Worksheet |
Activity |
Quiz
Online lesson plan
Objectives
Recognise similarities and differences in plants and animals
Classify living things according to observable characteristics
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National Curriculum
England: Key Stage 1, Science, Sc2, 4a, 4b
Wales: Key Stage 1, Life processes and living things, 4.2
Northern Ireland: Key Stage 1, Living things, Animals and plants b, d
Scotland: 5-14 Guidelines, Science, Variety and characteristic features, Level
A
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Resources required
Online activity from Science Clips website: Variation
Copies of the Variation worksheet printed from the Science Clips website
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Teaching activities
Introduction
Ask the children to name some animals. Record suggestions on the whiteboard.
What things are the same about all animals? Are we animals? Why? Ask children
to sort the animals by category e.g. animals that have fur. Ask for the names
of some plants. Is a plant living? What is the difference between a plant and
an animal? What can an animal do that a plant can’t? Group the plants by
category: trees, flowers etc.
Classwork using interactive
whiteboard
Select Variation from the Science Clips website. Explain that the conveyer
belt will show lots of different plants and animals and these have to be
selected and sorted into different groups. Click on the first thing and ask the
pupils to say what it is and to name its characteristics. Read the categories
together and decide where it should go. Does everyone agree? Use the cursor to
move the living thing into the correct category. Could it fit anywhere else?
Categorise the other living things, involving different children to move the
item. Ask each pupil to justify his or her reasons.
Group work using a computer
for each group
Select and explain the activity as above. Work together to select the first
item and place in the correct category. When the children know what to do,
allow them to complete the rest of the experiment at their own speed. As the
children are working observe and question them about their choices.
Plenary
Give a brief recap of sorting by characteristics, then play the What Am I
game. Think of an animal and pupils have to ask questions about the
animal’s characteristics to discover what it is. Does it have feathers?
Can it swim?
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Extension
Hand out copies of the Variation worksheet. Identify all the animals and read
through the descriptions. Fill in one together and then let children complete
the worksheet independently. Ask them to think of their own questions to
categorise other living things and create their own key on the back of the
worksheet.
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Suggested homework
Ask the children to find pictures of animals or plants at home and to make a
collage using the pictures, to show different sets of characteristics. Bring
back to school and use as a topic for discussion and developing thinking,
listening and speaking skills.
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