Water World
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe different bodies of water that can be found around the world including the plants and animals that live in each habitat. The class can make models and list features that can seen in different bodies of water.
Identify and describe some of the different bodies of water that can be found around the world including the plants and animals that live in each habitat
Lesson One : Rivers, Lakes and Seas
Identify, name and produce models of some of the different bodies of water that can be found in special locations around the world
Lesson Two : River Journey
Investigate and describe the journey that a river can make through the landscape when passing a range of special locations and habitats
Lesson Three : Ponds
Identify, describe and compare some of the different plants and animals that can be found living in a pond habitat in the local area
Lesson Four : Tadpole to Frog
Explore, describe and record the life cycle of one type of animal that can be found living in a pond habitat to show how it grows and changes over time
Lesson Five : Sea Life
Identify. describe and compare some of the different types of animals that can be found living in the sea to show what makes them special and unique
Lesson Six : Sea Plants
Practise describing, comparing and sorting some different types of seaweed into matching groups for shape, colour and texture
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School Safari
Identify and compare some of the different animals that live in the school grounds and make comparisons between animals that live in other habitats
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Four Sided Shapes
Name, model and classify some example four sided shapes with matching numbers of corners and sides that can be seen and used in different locations
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Chameleons
Identify and record some of the different ways that authors can use descriptive vocabulary in stories and select and use initial sounds in words
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Butterflies
Investigate, describe and compare some of the different butterflies that can be found living in a garden area in the school grounds