Lesson One – What Animals

This science teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify, describe and compare some of the special animals that can be found living in a range of different habitats that are found around the world.
The class can select and sort animals into groups to to match a range of different habitats such as animals that live in a woodland or a seashore location.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and compare some of the special animals that can be found living in a range of different habitats that are found around the world
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to name and describe different types of habitats found around the world and identify true and false statements about different animal habitats and a set of cards to select and sort animals into different groups according to their matching habitats.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore some of the special animals that can be found living in different habitat around the world.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compare some of the different animals that can be found living in a jungle habitat including in the tree canopy and undergrowth. 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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