Lesson Four – Sea Plants

This science teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to 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

The class can practise using Carroll diagrams to group different types of seaweed that match a range of categories for colour, shape and texture.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to select vocabulary words to describe different plants that live in a marine habitat and differentiated templates to select and sort types of seaweed into groups by their matching characteristics using Carroll Diagrams.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to group and sort different types of plants to match different criteria that live in a marine habitat.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to 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. 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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