Living things and their habitats 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pupils should be Pupils should be taught Pupils should be taught Pupils should be taught to: to: to: taught to: explore and recognise that living describe the describe how compare the things can be grouped in differences in the life living things are differences between a variety of ways cycles of a mammal, classified into broad things that are living, explore and use an amphibian, an groups according to dead, and things that classification keys to insect and a bird common observable have never been alive help group, identify and describe the life characteristics and identify that name a variety of living process of reproduction based on similarities most living things live things in their local and in some plants and and differences, in habitats to which wider environment animals. including they are suited and recognise that plants describe how different environments can and animals habitats provide for change and that this can give reasons for the basic needs of sometimes pose classifying plants and different kinds of dangers to living things. animals based on animals and plants, specific and how they depend characteristics. on each other identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name
Living things and their habitats 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pupils should be taught to: explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name Pupils should be taught to: recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. Pupils should be taught to: describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals. Pupils should be taught to: describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including plants and animals give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
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