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Northern Ireland: Science: Key Stage 2: The World Around Us: The Way we Live

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	Using scientific evidence to explain why animals live where they do.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: Key Stage 1: - My Environment: Animals and their young, their habitat and how they are affected by seasonal change; How animals move, grow and feed. - A Contrasting Environment: Similarities between this and my environment, e.g plants and animals associated with this environment. Key Stage 2: - The Way We Live: Plant & Animal Life: Investigate a local habitat, including the relationship between the animals and plants in classifying according to observable features.
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	Understanding the plant growth cycle.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: Key Stage 1: My Environment: How plants grow and are influenced by seasonal change. Key Stage 2: The Way We Live: Plant and Animal Life: - How a variety of seeds and bulbs grow and change in different seasons, the need for heat, light and water. - Design and make a life cycle wheel of a food chain mobile.
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