Lesson One – What Butterfly
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe the similarities and differences that can be seen between different species of butterfly that might visit a garden.
The class can name and record some of the special patterns that are visible on different butterflies found living around a garden area in the school grounds.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and describe the similarities and differences that can be seen between different species of butterfly that might visit a garden
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe shapes, colours and patterns seen on different species of butterfly and identify the names and locations of different parts that are common to all butterflies and a template to record the shapes, colours and patterns that can be seen on butterflies visiting the school grounds.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and describe the similarities and differences that can be seen between different species of butterfly that might visit a garden area.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to Investigate, describe and compare some of the different butterflies that can be found living in a garden area in the school grounds. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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