Winter Animals
This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore how animals adapt to the changes to the natural world in the winter including animals that live in Britain and other habitats such as the arctic. The class can investigate how reindeer and polar bears have adapted to living in habitats.
Explore how animals adapt to the changes to the natural world in the winter including animals that live in Britain and other habitats such as the arctic
Lesson One : Winter Garden
Identify and describe some of the different animals that might visit a garden during the winter for a range of special purposes
Lesson Two : Bird Tables
Explore and record some of the different ways of caring for British birds during the winter such as providing them with food to eat and water to drink
Lesson Three : Winter Pond
Identify and record how a selection of different types of fish can survive cold weather and temperatures during the winter when living in a pond in a garden
Lesson Four : Reindeer
Explore and record different pieces of information about how reindeer have adapted to living in winter conditions in special habitats around the world
Lesson Five : Habitats
Identify and describe some of the different types of habitats that can be found around the world that are populated by reindeer
Lesson Six : Polar Bears
Investigate and record information how polar bears have adapted to living in winter conditions as part of an arctic habitat
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Winter Weather
Explore how the weather changes during winter and its effect on the natural world including how water can freeze and turn to ice when the temperature falls below zero
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Winter Snowflakes
Investigate, describe and record how the natural world can change during a snowstorm which might occur during the winter season
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Winter Temperature
Explore, test and describe some of the changes that can happen to water resulting from cold weather during the winter season
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Snow and Ice
Identify and describe some of the common weather patterns that can occur during the winter season and how snow and ice can form at this time of the year