Learning objective
- To describe and classify micro-organisms.
Success criteria
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
English
Writing – composition
Pupils should be
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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 pick only three keywords when writing their poem about bacteria; could structure their poem as a ‘What am I?’ riddle and focus on creating clues using the keywords.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could include most of the poem keywords; could illustrate their poem with a diagram of a bacteria.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining a micro-organism
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Vocabulary definitions
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micro-organism
A microscopic living thing (e.g. bacteria, protists and some fungi).
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microscopic
Smaller than the eye can see.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 23rd February, 2024
