Living Things and Habitats
This science scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world. The class can categorise some of the different animals and plants found living in the school grounds.
Identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world
Lesson One : Habitat Groups
Investigate and illustrate some of the different ways of grouping and classifying species of animals that live in specific habitats around the world
Lesson Two : Taxonomy
Identify and define the correct vocabulary words that can be used to classify and order animals into different groups by their matching characteristics
Lesson Three : Plant Labels
Develop and test some of the special ways that can be used to classify and group different types of plants by their matching characteristics
Lesson Four : Microorganisms
Select and record some of the special ways of sorting different types of microorganisms into matching groups by their appearance and growth
Lesson Five : Species Identification
Practise building and using classification keys to model how to differentiate between different species of animals by their matching characteristics
Lesson Six : New Species
Explain and illustrate how to identify, describe and classify some new species of different plants and animals by their matching characteristics
Living Things and Habitats Assessment
Assess abilities in identifying, grouping and comparing different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world
-
Homophones Matching
Explore the spelling and meaning of some different words that are homophones by matching and listing pairs of words with the same pronunciations
-
Friction
Investigate, describe and test the effects of air and water resistance and friction on different objects and materials presenting results using graphs and tables
-
Capacity Conversions
Explain and model how to convert between different units of measurement for capacity by comparing and matching capacities in litres and millilitres
-
Story Conjunctions
Identify and model how to link clauses in sentences related to some of the special characters and events that feature in different stories