How are needs provided by the Optional/additional activity Create an – habitat it lives in? animal Identify the gaps in the table that cannot Explain to students that they are to be filled by current student knowledge make up and create their own animal e.g. the name of certain features or as a labelled drawing. Students decide and label the external features of their what an animal eats. These gaps could be researched during class time or set animal and think about the habitat this as homework. animal would live in. Remember to also take time to observe Have students draw their animal and the seedlings from Lesson 5. Take a label its features. Students can give the few minutes with students to reflect on animal a name. Guide students to think what is happening to the plants. about: How well are the plants growing? the purpose of external features e.g. how they help the Are some growing better than animal eat and move in its habitat others? Why? the needs of this animal e.g. water, What do you think are the needs of food and shelter and how they are plants? provided by the habitat it lives in. Have students share their animal and Add new words to the word wall. (See its external features and explain the for examples Resource 1 Word bank – purpose of these features. Ask students of vocabulary). to describe what are the needs of this animal and how they are provided by Write/draw observations and reflections the habitat e.g. water, food and shelter. in the science journal. (See Resource 2 Student reflections for examples of – Display the animal drawings/labelled sentence starters you can use to guide images. student reflections). Alternative optional activity Create digital animals – Visit the website with students and demonstrate how they can create their own animals. Discuss with students the different body parts and external features available to create animals. Students then create their own Switcheroozoo animal, explain its external features and describe a habitat suitable for the created animal. The animals can be printed out and displayed with the students’ explanation of external features and habitat.
How are needs provided by the habitat it lives in? Identify the gaps in the table that cannot be filled by current student knowledge e.g. the name of certain features or what an animal eats. These gaps could be researched during class time or set as homework. Remember to also take time to observe the seedlings from Lesson 5. Take a few minutes with students to reflect on what is happening to the plants. How well are the plants growing? Are some growing better than others? Why? What do you think are the needs of plants? Add new words to the word wall. (See Resource 1 – Word bank for examples of vocabulary). Write/draw observations and reflections in the science journal. (See Resource 2 – Student reflections for examples of sentence starters you can use to guide student reflections). Optional/additional activity – Create an animal Explain to students that they are to make up and create their own animal as a labelled drawing. Students decide and label the external features of their animal and think about the habitat this animal would live in. Have students draw their animal and label its features. Students can give the animal a name. Guide students to think about: the purpose of external features e.g. how they help the animal eat and move in its habitat the needs of this animal e.g. water, food and shelter and how they are provided by the habitat it lives in. Have students share their animal and its external features and explain the purpose of these features. Ask students to describe what are the needs of this animal and how they are provided by the habitat e.g. water, food and shelter. Display the animal drawings/labelled images. Alternative optional activity – Create digital animals Visit the website with students and demonstrate how they can create their own animals. Discuss with students the different body parts and external features available to create animals. Students then create their own Switcheroozoo animal, explain its external features and describe a habitat suitable for the created animal. The animals can be printed out and displayed with the students’ explanation of external features and habitat.
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