Lesson 1: Skeletons
Understanding the role of skeletons in humans and other animals and grouping animals based on the physical properties of their skeleton.
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Learning objectives
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National curriculum
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Before starting this unit, check the children can recall the following key facts from the units Science, Year 2, Animals: Life cycles and health and Science, Year 2, Animals: Habitats:
Living things need air/oxygen, food/nutrients and water to survive.
The life processes include movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and nutrition.
Carnivores are living things that get their nutrients by eating animals; herbivores are living things that eat plants; omnivores eat both animals and plants to survive.
Use the Activity: Recap and recall movement and nutrition mind map (one each) to elicit the children's prior knowledge if required.
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Adaptive teaching
Assessing progress and understanding
Vocabulary definitions
Example work
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