Activities and Resources

Northern Ireland: Science: Foundation Stage: The World Around Us: Investigating

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	Identifying properties of animals and grouping them according to their similarities.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: Foundation Stage: - Observing: Children should have opportunities to develop their powers of observation using their senses in a range of purposeful activities throughout the school day e.g: to identify similarities and differences. - Investigating: Sorting and Classifying: Children should have opportunities to talk about similarities and differences in e.g animals and plants. Key Stage 1: My Environment: Pupils should investigate in an active way aspects of the following: animals and their young, their habitat and how they are affected by seasonal change.
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	Distinguishing animals from each other using a 'branching database' set of questions.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: Foundation Stage: - Investigating: Sorting and Classifying: Children should have opportunities to talk about similarities and differences in e.g animals and plants. Key Stage 1: My Environment: Pupils should investigate in an active way aspects of the following: animals and their young, their habitat and how they are affected by seasonal change.
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