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Lesson Two – Animal Groups
This science teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to 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.
The class can select and list different sets of animals that can match each of the selected group categories such as animals that have fins or animals with hard shells.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and compare different animals that live in a seashore or marine habitat and differentiated templates to sort sets of animals into matching groups based on different success criteria for their unique characteristics.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to sort and group a range of different animals that live in the sea, on the beach and in the air.
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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