PR-6171IRE Science A STEM Approach - 1st Class

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Lesson 1 Living Things CREATURE FEATURES IN DIFFERENT PLACES Teacher Notes Science Inquiry Focus: Where are living things found and what external features do they have to help them survive? Skills Development/Working Scientifically: • Questioning and predicting • Analysing Science Learning Outcome: • Ask questions about the needs of living things, the features of living things and where they live. Technology/Engineering/Mathematics Links: • Using an interactive game to sort living and non-living things. • Using a digital mind map tool to present class questions. • Using a digital timer to create awareness of minutes and seconds. Background Information • A living thing is either a plant or an animal. Living things are sometimes easily visible (dog) and at other times it is hard to tell (seed). • All living things are made up of one or more cells and exhibit the seven main life functions of: growth, movement, reproduction, sensitivity, respiration, elimination and nutrition. Pupils at this age generally need to know the more simple characteristics of growth and change, reproduction, breathing and eating. • Living things make a home in various environments, called their habitat. Plants and animals are specific to their environments because they are best suited for survival in those conditions. • The basic needs of living things include air, water and food. Animals’ needs also include shelter. Different animals have different needs. Assessment Focus: • Use the six posters as a diagnostic assessment to gauge the pupils level of understanding regarding the six questions posed about living things, their external features and how they meet their needs where they live. Resources • Living or Not game • Discussion cards from page 6 • A3 paper • Online timer • Online mind map Note: Teachers may wish to familiarise themselves with how to use the online mind map prior to the lesson. Simply type text into the blue box, then click ‘insert child node’ from the menu bar at the top and add text. For additional text you need to add, click back on the centre text box and ‘insert child node’ again. Viewing sample 4 Science: A STEM APPROACH 1st CLASS 978-1-912760-15-2 Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com
Living Things CREATURE FEATURES IN DIFFERENT PLACES Lesson 1 Lesson Plan Introduction: 1. Recall what living things are by conducting an interactive sorting activity of Living or Not . Discuss any things pupils are unsure about. How do you know something is living? Ensure pupils have a correct understanding that a living thing is a plant or an animal. (The sorting activity can be printed and used as the basis for the creation of a working wall.) Development: 2. Pupils form six groups and discuss the discussion card at each station. Encourage pupils to draw or write their responses on A3 paper that has a discussion card stuck in the centre. Allow pupils five minutes at each station. Display an online countdown timer to ensure pupils stay on task . Pupils then rotate to the next discussion card station and must read/look at the previous group’s responses before adding their own. They cannot write or draw the same response. Allow one minute on the timer for reading time, then start the five-minute timer. Continue until groups return to their original station. Note: This lesson is to establish pupils’ prior knowledge, so it is important to not correct their responses at this stage. Differentiation • Some pupils could be grouped with an adult who could write or help with reading or prompting discussion at each station. • Challenge pupils to write detailed explanations. • Mixed ability groupings would stimulate discussion and help with reading and in the scribing of answers from the group. More able pupils can write more detailed responses or take the role of scribe. • Alternatively, the activity may be done as a whole class discussion with the teacher scribing responses or entering them into an online mind map . Reflection: 3. Choose a pupil at random to play a guessing game. The pupil thinks of a plant or animal, and the class asks questions about what parts it has, where it lives or what it needs to survives. The class can guess what the living thing is based on the answers. The pupil who guesses correctly becomes the next interviewee. 4. As a class, think of questions pupils would like to explore about the parts of plants and animals, where they live or what they need to survive. Compile the questions in an online mind map such as , which can be printed and displayed on the working wall. Viewing sample Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com 978-1-912760-15-2 1st Science: 5 CLASS A STEM APPROACH
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