Lesson One – What Animals

This science teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and describe some of special types of animals that can be found living in a marine habitat in different locations around the world.

The class can collect and record information about some of the creatures that live under the sea or on the seashore to sort into matching groups for comparison.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and describe some of special types of animals that can be found living in a marine habitat in different locations around the world

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe a range of animals that live in different habitats, a set of cards to sort a range animals into different groups by their matching habitats and a template to record information about an animal that lives in a seashore or marine habitat.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore, describe and compare some of the different types of animals that can be found living 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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