England: National Curriculum: Science: Sc2 Life Processes and Living Things
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(click here to play) Identifying properties of animals and grouping them according to their similarities.
Learning objectives/outcomes: QCA Scheme of Work
Unit 1A Ourselves: learning objectives:
- to make and communicate observations and comparisons of humans and other animals
- to make observations and comparisons of the way animals move
- to make observations of animals and use these to group them explaning criteria chosen
Unit 2C Variation: learning objectives:
- to observe and recognise some simple characteristics of animals and plants NC KS1:
Humans and other animals 2a) to recognise and compare the main external parts of the bodies of humans and animals
Variation and classification 4b) Pupils should be taught to group living things according to observable differences and similarities.
Learning objectives/outcomes: QCA Scheme of Work: Unit 1B Growing plants: learning objectives:
- That plants have leaves, stems and flowers NC:
Green plants: to recognise and name the leaf, flower, stem and root of flowering plants.
Learning objectives/outcomes: QCA Scheme of Work: Unit 5B Life Cycles: learning objectives:
- about the life cycle of flowering plants including pollination, fertilization, seed production, seed dispersal and germination. NC: Green plants: that seeds grow into flowering plants and that plants need light and water to grow.
Learning objectives/outcomes: QCA scheme of work: unit 2c: Variation: identify ways in which animals are like each other... NCKS1: Humans and other animals 2a) Pupils should be taught to recognise and compare the main external parts of the bodies of humans and other animals. Variation and classification 4b) Pupils should be taught to: group living things according to observable similarities and differences.
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