Lesson Six – New Species
This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and illustrate how to identify, describe and classify some new species of different plants and animals by their matching characteristics.
The class can identify and model how to use the correct vocabulary words to record the taxonomy for a new species of animal to illustrate what makes them unique.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and illustrate how to identify, describe and classify some new species of different plants and animals by their matching characteristics
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe how to order and classify animals into groups by their matching characteristics, a shared reading text to identify and describe the characteristics of a suggested new species of animal and a template to select and record information about a new species of animal suggesting their matching characteristics.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to identify and classify new species of different animals by their matching characteristics.
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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