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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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See, touch, smell, hear different signs of animals, such as feathers, bones, skulls, fur, footprints, poo, bird song. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Listen to different birdsong in the forest and garden. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Learn about the functions of some animals in a garden (e.g. worms building soil/ birds eating insects). |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships |
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Do the web of life activity to see how animals are connected to everything else in the web of life; and how each part of the web can affect the whole habitat. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Mushrooms |
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Learn that there are many species of mushrooms, and that some are edible and others poisonous. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Think about the feelings of animals and discuss how you know when they are happy, sad, afraid etc. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Visit a farm and learn about how the farmers care for different animals and what the animals contribute to the farm. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Collect and make use of an animal product (manure, eggs, feathers etc.) |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Look after an animal for several weeks (e.g. worms, fish, chickens) with the help of an adult. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Learn about how animals defend themselves (e.g. spines of a hedgehog or by looking like dangerous animal e.g. wasp), and how they get around other species' defenses. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Discuss the needs of different kinds of animals. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Animal families, homes, names, footprints and other signs |
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Identify very common animal tracks (e.g. dog, person, horse). |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Mushrooms |
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Collect mushrooms and use them for cooking (in cooperation with adults). |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships |
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Visit different animal habitats/homes e.g. ponds, rocks. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Mushrooms |
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See and touch different shapes/sizes/species of mushrooms with an adult. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Learn that the essential nutrient called vitamin B12 is made by bacteria in the digestive systems of humans and animals. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Role play a 'living beings' court in which some bacteria are being accused of being bad. Children act as the lawyer, prosecution, jury, judge. The children defend the positive contribution that bacteria make to the world and show that most bacteria are good. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Learn that there are more bacteria in your body than there are human cells! |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Learn that there are many different types of bacteria and many of them help people (and other animals), and others can make them ill. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Act out the roles of different bacteria within a human digestive system, to appreciate how important bacteria are. |
