Learning objectives
- To recognise that differences in teeth relate to an animal’s diet.
- Working scientifically: To classify animals based on their diet.
Success criteria
- I can describe
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National curriculum
Science
Animals, including humans
Pupils
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Cross-curricular links
Geography
Place knowledge
Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Activity: Diet and food chain results: support version; could use the Activity: Funny teeth (support) as a writing frame for the Wrapping up activity.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should be encouraged to consider what further evidence is needed when considering an animal’s diet; should compare more than one animal with ‘funny teeth’ in the Wrapping up activity and decide which would suffer the most, justifying their ideas with scientific vocabulary.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: naming different teeth
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Vocabulary definitions
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carnivore
A living thing that mostly eats animals.
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classify
To group something based on similarities.
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y4: Digestion and food
Lesson 1: The human digestive system
Lesson 2: Human teeth
Lesson 3: Investigating dental hygiene
Lesson 4: Teeth of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
Lesson 5: Producers, predators and prey in food chains
Lesson 6: Poo clues
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 18th December, 2023
