Y1/2 (B): Living things: Microhabitats
Asking questions about minibeasts and using scientific enquiry methods to find answers.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify and name a variety of plants and animals.
- Recall that minibeasts live in microhabitats.
- Describe microhabitats and their conditions.
- Describe how microhabitats provide for the basic needs of animals and plants.
- Describe the job role of a botanist.
When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Group minibeasts and create simple classification keys.
- Ask questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways.
- Gather and record data and use it to answer questions.
- Plan what observations to make in an experiment.
- Order the steps of a method.
- Describe the appearance of flowering plants.
- Use an identification chart to name flowering plants.
Please note that Kapow Primary Science lessons are designed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes long to reflect the requirements of a core subject.
Suggested prior learning
Y1/2 (A): Living things: Habitats
Get startedLessons
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 1: Identifying and classifying minibeasts
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: Introduction to scientific enquiry
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: Planning an experiment
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 5: Woodlice experiment
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: What is a botanist?
Key skills
Key knowledge
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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A tray of leaf litter containing minibeasts
×1 - Digital camera ×8
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Opaque lidded box with air holes containing leaf litter and three earthworms
×1 -
1 clear, litre plastic bottle
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Soil (approximately a third of a litre)
×1 -
Sand (approximately a third of a litre)
×1 -
Leaf litter (a handful).
×1 - Trowel ×30
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A3 sheet of black paper or card
×1 - Sticky tape
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Bug pots with lids
×15 -
Medium-sized paintbrushes
×15 - Magnifying glass ×15
- Clipboards ×30
- Petri dishes ×5
- Stopwatch / timer ×15
- Paper towels ×30
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
-
A tray of leaf litter containing minibeasts
×1 - Digital camera ×8
-
Opaque lidded box with air holes containing leaf litter and three earthworms
×1 -
1 clear, litre plastic bottle
-
Soil (approximately a third of a litre)
×1 -
Sand (approximately a third of a litre)
×1 -
Leaf litter (a handful).
×1 - Trowel ×30
-
A3 sheet of black paper or card
×1 - Sticky tape
-
Bug pots with lids
×15 -
Medium-sized paintbrushes
×15 - Magnifying glass ×15
- Clipboards ×30
- Petri dishes ×5
- Stopwatch / timer ×15
- Paper towels ×30
Related content
Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Science Y1/2 (B): Living things: Microhabitats
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the mixed-age unit ‘Microhabitats’.
Vocabulary display – Science Y1/2 (B): Living things: Microhabitats
A display version of the key vocabulary from the mixed-age unit 'Microhabitats'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
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