Learning objective
Knowledge:
- To describe the life cycle of an amphibian.
Working scientifically:
- To suggest how temperature may affect egg hatching.
Success criteria
Knowledge:
- I can describe the life cycle of an
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
Mathematics
Measurement
Pupils should be taught to:
- Convert
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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 Resource: Amphibian life cycle poster to help them annotate the Activity: Frog life cycle; could use the Resource: Teacher video script to help them answer the video questions.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could write a detailed method using the answers to their planning questions to explain how to collect data on the breeding seasons of different amphibians, taking into account variables they cannot control due to the nature of the investigation.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing the life cycle of
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can describe the life cycle of an amphibian: egg, hatching, tadpole, two-legged tadpole, four-legged tadpole, froglet and frog.
- I can compare the life cycle of a red-eyed treefrog to the model amphibian life cycle.
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Vocabulary definitions
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amphibian
A vertebrate that lays jelly-coated eggs, is cold-blooded, has moist skin and breathes with either lungs, gills or through their skin (e.g. frog).
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carnivore
A living thing that mostly eats animals.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 5th March, 2024
