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

Living Things
CREATURE FEATURES IN DIFFERENT PLACES
STEM Project
Alien Animals:
STEM Project Overview
Pupils imagine they are an astronaut being sent to a planet to explore living things. They must
recreate an alien animal using an interactive website and build a 3-D display model of its habitat.
Pupils then create a report to send back to Earth describing the animal, its features and how it
uses them, and its preferred habitat.
Concepts Overview:
Science
• Apply knowledge of living things and where they live.
• Apply knowledge of external features of animals and their functions.
• Conduct an investigation of different animals’ external features and what they do.
• Sort and present information using a table.
• Communicate findings in the form of a video.
Technology/Engineering
• Plan steps collaboratively.
• Design an animal from composite animal parts using a digital program.
• Print from a website.
• Generate a design plan of the habitat.
• Evaluate diorama and refine.
• Select appropriate materials to represent the components of the habitat.
• Use a digital recording device.
Mathematics
• Measure materials required to create a habitat.
Alternative Project Ideas:
Viewing sample
• Explore how parts of plants or animals are used to create medicines, clothing, jewellery, houses
and so on. Choose one area to focus on.
• Pupils create a plant or animal out of modelling clay and verbally explain its features, what the
features do and where you would likely find the plant, using an application like ShowMe.
• Pupils photograph their pet and create a digital book about it using . They must include a diagram of its body parts, what each part helps them do and where it
lives.
• Pupils conduct an interview with the school caretaker or gardener to find out about the different
types of plants and their different features, and where the plants prefer to live. Pupils write some
questions, design a set and record the interview.
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A STEM APPROACH