PR-6171R Science A STEM Approach - Primary 2

Living Things
CREATURE FEATURES IN DIFFERENT PLACES
Lesson 5
Teacher Notes
Science Inquiry Focus:
What insects live in the garden and what body parts do
they have that help them survive?
Skills Development/Working Scientifically:
• Questioning and predicting
• Observing
• Investigating and experimenting
• Analysing
• Recording and communicating
Science Learning Outcome:
• Pupils observe insects in their daily life in their garden
and answer questions about how insects move, eat,
breathe and protect themselves.
Technology/Engineering/Mathematics Links:
• Participating in an interactive game.
• Using the Internet to search for information.
• Designing and creating a tri-fold board.
• Folding paper into thirds while creating a tri-fold
board.
Background Information
• Various animals can be found in a garden, but this lesson
focuses on insects, arachnids, annelids and other creepy
crawlies.
• Insects have six legs, a three-part body (head, thorax,
abdomen), compound eyes, a set of antennae and an
exoskeleton. Some also have wings which are part of
the thorax. Some insects therefore are able to fly, while
others may hop or walk. They use their antennae to feel
and taste things, and eat with their mouth. They protect
themselves with their hard exoskeleton. Insects breathe
through small holes in their abdomen called spiracles.
See more information here .
• Insects live in a variety of habitats within the garden.
Spiders sit on their spiderwebs, worms live underground
in the soil, ants make anthills in the sand, beetles like to
live under rocks or dead logs and so on.
Assessment Focus:
• Use the tri-fold board as a
formative assessment of the
pupil’s ability to conduct an
investigation, sort information
and communicate their findings.
Resources
• Interactive Garden Detective
game
• Pupil access to a digital
camera and ability to SMS or
email the photograph with
parent help
• Sufficient copies of page 33
(optional)
• Large pieces of card
• Sufficient copies of page 34
(optional)
Viewing sample
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A STEM APPROACH