Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: Rockpooling
Exploring rock pools as an example of a habitat and how the plants and animals depend on each other to live there. This lesson is part of the mixed-age scheme.
Learning objectives
Knowledge
To describe a rock pool as an example of a habitat.
Working scientifically
To record information about model rock pools.
Success criteria
Knowledge
I can recall some of the living things found within a rock pool.
I can describe how some living things in a rock pool have their needs met.
I can describe how rock pool conditions change.
Working scientifically
I can correctly complete a tally chart to record the living things in rock pools.
I can correctly summarise my observations of rock pools.
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Ask the class to recall what a habitat is (where something lives). Display the Presentation: Ocean habitat.
Ask the class to recall what a habitat is (where something lives). Display the Presentation: Ocean habitat.
Presentation: Ocean habitat
Make presentation full-screen
Ask the children to discuss in pairs before sharing with the class:
- What living things in the picture can you name? (Shark, jellyfish, turtle, stingray, seahorse, starfish, clownfish, crab, seaweed and anemone.)
- In what ways do living things get their needs met? (Click on the boxes to reveal some examples.)
- What words describe the habitat? (The children may suggest wet, cold or dark.)
Play the Pupil video: Rock pools. Ask the children to repeat the same challenge as the Recap and recall: look for living things in the rock pools, find out how they get their needs met and words to describe the habitat.
Play the Pupil video: Rock pools. Ask the children to repeat the same challenge as the Recap and recall: look for living things in the rock pools, find out how they get their needs met and words to describe the habitat.
Pupil video: Rock pools
Take feedback. Answers may include:
Living things in rock pools include seaweed, anemone, limpets, prawns, starfish, crabs, snails, fish and seagulls.
Plants get their needs met by having access to sunlight and water. Animals get their needs met by finding shelter around the rocks and finding food within the rock pool.
Words to describe a rock pool include wet, sandy and bumpy.
Ask the class:
- Why might some people describe a rock pool habitat as 'changing'?
Encourage the children to reflect on what they have learnt about changes throughout the day and in different seasons from the unit Science, Y1/2 (A) Forces and space: Seasonal changes.
Questions
- How will the rock pool change throughout the day? (Changing amounts of daylight; some temperature changes.)
- How will the rock pool change between different seasons? (Big temperature changes; different weather from very hot and dry to freezing and snowy.)
- How will these changes affect the living things in the rock pool? (Plants need daylight to make their own food so this will change throughout the day and the year; some plants and animals may struggle to survive if it gets too hot or cold; if the water in the rock pool freezes, animals may not be able to move to get food.)
Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Rock pool habitat. Click the pink buttons to show how the living things have their needs met.
Presentation: Rock pool habitat
Make presentation full-screen
Click on the 'day and night' button and ask the children to recall the changes that occur between day and night. Click the pink buttons to reveal how this may affect their needs being met.
Click the buttons 'summer' and 'winter' and repeat the previous discussion, clicking the pink buttons in each section to reveal more information.
Arrange the children into groups of four. Display the Presentation: Living things in rock pools to show the simple outlines of living things found in rock pools.
Ask the children to return to their original rock pool and discuss in their groups:
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