Learning objective
Knowledge
- To explain why adaptation is necessary.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can recall
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National curriculum
Science
Evolution and inheritance
Pupils
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should be taught
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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
Should use the Activity: Explaining adaptations: support version to cut out the shuffled adaptations and explanations and stick them next to the correct animal.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should consider both useful adaptations and disadvantages when evaluating whether they think a made-up creature would survive in a particular habitat.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recalling that an adaptation is a characteristic
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can recall that an adaptation is a characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its habitat.
- I can recognise that adaptations cannot be chosen and they are usually inherited from the parents.
- I can describe key characteristics that would help an organism survive, such as thick fur and small ears.
- I can explain how an adaptation helps the organism to survive, such as thick fur keeping the animal warm in a cold habitat or small ears reducing heat loss.
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Vocabulary definitions
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adaptation
A characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its habitat.
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habitat
Where something lives.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 13th November, 2023
