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Introducing 'Making connections' in Science
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify the typical weather associated with each season.
- Describe animal features.
- Recognise similarities and differences between animals in the same animal group.
- Build an animal home with natural materials.
- Explain the difference between carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Carry out online research to find answers to questions.
- Measure length in centimetres.
- Suggest how to carry out a waterproof test.
- Begin to recognise if a test is fair.
- Use data to answer questions.
- Recognise patterns in data.
- Group birds according to their diet.
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
This unit revises and builds on learning from the previous Year 1 units.Lessons
Lesson 1: Do taller trees have wider trunks?
Lesson 2: Comparing woodland animals
Lesson 3: Measuring animal footprints
Lesson 4: Building an animal home
Lesson 5: Are birds carnivores, herbivores or omnivores?
Key skills
Posing questions
- Exploring
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Key knowledge
This unit revises the
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Key vocabulary
amphibian
bird
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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)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- ‘The Oak Tree’ by Julia Donaldson ×1
- ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson ×1
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Wool or string in three different colours
×8 -
Clipboard
×1 -
Natural materials for building small animal homes (e.g. sticks, leaves, moss and bark).
×1 -
Small plastic animal figure (e.g. a mouse).
1 - Pine cones (with open scales) ×30
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Ripe bananas
10 -
Oats, seeds and dried fruit or wild bird seed (one cup)
×5 - String ×1
The equipment below is optional
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Tape measures
×8 - Devices with internet access ×15
- Magnifying glasses ×15
- Dice ×15
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Computing: Using devices to retrieve digital content.
Maths: Comparing and measuring length.
English: Listening to poems and stories and using phonic knowledge to spell.
Music: Listening to and joining in with songs.
Geography: Carrying out fieldwork on the school grounds.
British values – mutual respect.
