PR-6170RUK Science A STEM Approach - Primary 1

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Lesson 1 Living Things LIVING THINGS HAVE NEEDS Teacher Notes Science Inquiry Focus: What basic needs do all living things have in common? Skills Development/Working Scientifically: • Questioning • Investigating and experimenting • Analysing (sorting and classifying) • Recording and communicating Science Learning Outcome: • Pupils learn how to identify living from non-living things in the environments they encounter in their everyday lives. Technology/Engineering/Mathematics Links: • Viewing digital texts including images and videos. • Recording information in a table. Background Information • Living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things. Living things grow, move, respond to stimuli, reproduce and are dependent on their environment. These characteristics are explored by pupils in detail in later classes. • At this age, most pupils would suggest that living things grow and move. Some may suggest that they reproduce/ have babies. This is sufficient at this level. • All living things, including humans, plants and other animals, have basic needs. While these needs vary slightly among each, the common needs are air, food and water. Meeting these physical needs allows the living thing to move and grow. • Other needs that vary among living things include: shelter, protection, love, clothing/coverings, correct environmental conditions, soil and sunlight. These will be explored in later lessons. • For more information about teaching the concept of living things, go to . Assessment Focus: • Use page 7 as a diagnostic assessment of the pupil’s knowledge of living and nonliving things and the three basic needs of all living things. • Make observational notes of the pupil’s ability to answer the two communicating questions in the Reflection section. Resources • Digital cameras • One copy of page 6 to display on the interactive whiteboard • One copy of page 7 for each pupil or each group • Online image—Basic Needs of all Living Things at • Online song—Living and Non-living Things at Viewing sample 4 Science: A STEM APPROACH Infants 978-1-912760-14-5 Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com
Living Things LIVING THINGS HAVE NEEDS Lesson 1 Lesson Plan Introduction: 1. As a class, conduct a school walk to find living and non-living things. Pupils, or an adult, can take digital photographs of the living and non-living things found in the school grounds. These may be displayed on a poster for future reference. Pupils think about and explain why they think each thing identified is living or non-living. Development: 2. Using page 6, display the T-chart to show examples of living and non-living things. Using a think-pairshare, pupils answer the questions What makes something a living thing? What needs do all living things have in common to help them live? On a large piece of paper, write pupils' ideas. 3. Individually or in small groups, pupils look at the images of living and non-living things on page 7 and draw a tick or cross in each box to identify the needs of each thing. Pupils review their checklist to identify the common needs of humans, plants and animals and complete the sentence, ‘All living things need …’ Note: The specific needs of each type of living thing will be explored in later lessons. Differentiation • Less able pupils may work together with an adult’s assistance to complete the checklist. • More able pupils should be encouraged to write or draw as many living things as they can think of on the back of page 7. 4. As a class, choose some pupils to share the sentence they wrote on page 7. Write the common needs on the whiteboard–food, water and air. 5. Display the image of the three basic needs of all living things at . Pupils compare their sentence with the three needs shown in the image to determine if they were correct. 6. Explain that all living things must have access to food, water and air to survive. If they don’t meet these needs, they may get sick. Reflection: 7. Listen to a song about living and non-living things at . This song outlines the basic needs of a living thing. 8. Using a think-pair-share or class discussion, pupils answer the questions How can we tell if something is living or non-living? and What are the basic needs of all living things? Viewing sample www.prim-ed.com – Prim-Ed Publishing 978-1-912760-14-5 Infants Science: A STEM APPROACH 5
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