Sea Animals
This science scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to identify, describe and compare some of the different plants and animals that can be found living in a marine habitat. The class can make models and posters illustrating the similarities and differences between sea creatures.
Identify, describe and compare some of the different plants and animals that can be found living in a marine habitat including in the sea or on the beach
Lesson One : What Animals
Identify and describe some of special types of animals that can be found living in a marine habitat in different locations around the world
Lesson Two : Animal Groups
Identify, describe and group a range of different animals that live in the sea, on the beach and in the air by their matching characteristics
Lesson Three : Sea Fish
Investigate and record how fish are adapted to living in a marine environment by labelling diagrams using the correct vocabulary
Lesson Four : Sea Plants
Explain and model how to group and sort different types of plants that live in a marine habitat to match a range of different criteria for their unique characteristics
Lesson Five : Dolphins and Whales
Explore, describe and record how different mammals can be adapted to living in the sea environment when seeking food, protection and shelter
Lesson Six : Aquarium
Research and present facts and information about a special type of animal that lives in a marine habitat to explain how they are adapted to this type of environment
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Sporting Poems
Practise writing poems with patterned language and rhythm structures to describe movements and actions connected to different sports and games
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Food and Drink
Select powerful and descriptive vocabulary to use in poems describing different types of food and drink that can be enjoyed for a range of meals
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Sea Animals
Identify, describe and compare some of the different plants and animals that can be found living in a marine habitat including in the sea or on the beach
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Number Bonds to Twenty
Investigate and model how to use mental calculation techniques when working with concrete objects and diagrams to identify pairs of numbers that make sums to twenty