<p>This lesson aims to compare the habitat of a badger and a beaver and to consider the environmental threats these animals may face.</p> <p>The lesson is designed for a Y2 class studying Living Things Habitats. The scientific skills addressed are comparing habitats and learning key scientific vocabulary.</p> <p>The lesson is accompanied by a text ‘Beaver Saves The Day’ and a worksheet ‘Habitat’ and a Power Point which leads the teacher through the lesson. There is also a separate lesson plan. There is an open extension for children who complete the work sheet.</p> <p>The lesson starts with the teacher reading a fictional story ‘Beaver Saves The Day’ which is a story about a beaver helping a badger whose home has flooded.</p> <p>The children then view (on Power Point) a collage of diferent habitats. They can say which habitat they think the badger might live in and which habitat the beaver might live in.</p> <p>The lesson then looks at the two different animals, badger and beaver with a video link to view the habitat of each animal.</p> <p>The children then complete a simple worksheet (with a word bank) to compare the two different habitats.</p> <p>As an extension, some children may wish to write down how each habitat may face different environmental threats (such as flooding, plastic pollution etc).</p> <p>The children finish the lesson using talk partners to think about questions they wish to research independently to find out more about these animals and their habitats.</p>

<p>Science lesson for Year 2 - Germination of a Seed.</p> <p>L.O.: To understand how seeds grow in to mature plants<br /> Key vocabulary: Germination, Dispersal, Maturity<br /> Key skills: Observing, Asking Questions</p> <p>This lesson is accompanied by<br /> 1. A short, illustrated rhyming story book<br /> ‘A Pine Cone Winked At Me’</p> <code>2. A diagram of the Lifecycle of a Pine Tree. </code> <p>Lesson Hook ’ A Pine Cone Winked At Me’</p> <p>Vocabulary Activity: Anagrams from ‘Germination’</p> <p>Activity: Seed Planting</p> <p>Consolidation: Copy diagram of seed life cycle</p> <p>Higher Order Thinking: Children generate questions</p> <p>The story ‘A Pine Cone Winked At Me’ is an illustrated story poem celebrating the beauty of germination and life cycles of plants.</p> <p>*A young boy walks through a forest and notices a small pine cone winking at him. He is forever charmed and returns when he is older to see the pine cone fully grown in to a pine tree.</p> <p>(Word Count Approximately 500 words. 4 minutes to read.)</p>