Lesson Four – Microorganisms

This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and record some of the special ways of sorting different types of microorganisms into matching groups by their appearance and growth.

The class can explain and model how to use Venn and Carroll diagrams to differentiate between samples of microorganisms when making comparisons.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record some of the special ways of sorting different types of microorganisms into matching groups by their appearance and growth

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to explain how microorganisms can be beneficial or harmful to living things and group microorganisms by their observable matching characteristics and templates to and group different microorganisms by their observable matching characteristics using Venn and Carroll diagrams.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore different ways of sorting microorganisms into matching groups by their appearance and growth.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world. 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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