KS2 WORKSHOPS
African Savannah
What is life like for animals in the African Savannah.
Learning outcomes:
- Know the seasonal changes in the African Savannah.
- Understand how animals are suited to a habitat.
- Adaptation of Savannah animals (upper KS2).
- Threats to animals and their habitats.
Links to curriculum:
Science:
- Pupils should identify how the habitat changes throughout the year.
- Pupils should explore examples of human impact on environments.
- Compare and contrast the diets of different animals, grouping animals according to diet.
- Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.
Geography:
- Locational knowledge.
- Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography.
Food and feeding
Learning outcomes:
- To understand animals, have different diets to which they are suited.
- How we can group animals based on their diet.
- How food chains work and be able to identify producers, predators and prey.
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Links to curriculum:
Science:
- Identify that animals need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food.
- Compare and contrast the diets of different animalsGroup animals according to what they eat.
- Different types of teeth and their simple functions.
- Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey
Endangered species
Endangered species and their habitats
Learning outcomes:
- To be able to explain the importance of animals and plants.
- To be able to understand and name the threats to wildlife.
- Come up with ideas of how to help wildlife and their habitats.
- Why morally we should help the environment and wildlife.
Links to curriculum:
Science:
- Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
- Pupils should explore examples of human impact (both positive and negative) on environments.
Citizenship:
- Preparing to play an active role as citizens.
Adaptation and evolution (Upper KS2)
Learning outcomes:
- Understand what is meant by adaptation.
- How certain adaptation can be advantageous and can lead to evolution.
- Explain how living things have changed over time and that animals are suited to their environments.
Links to curriculum:
Science:
- Evolution and inheritance recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.
- Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents.
- Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.
Classification (Upper KS2)
Learning outcomes:
- To be able to explain how we group animals and the importance of this.
- To understand the different groups of invertebrates and vertebrates.
- Identify the physical attributes that put them into these groups.
- Understand the importance of Carl Linnaeus.
Links to curriculum:
Science:
- Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics.
- Give reasons for classifying animals based on specific characteristics.
- Pupils might find out about the significance of the work of scientists such as Carl Linnaeus, a pioneer of classification.
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