Science Interdependence Adaptation Food Chains Planning Year 5 and 6

Massive amount of planning.

Over a dozen powerpoints.

More than six documents.

More than a dozen word documents.

Example planning :

Pose the question – when we go into the supermarket, how can you find the things you want to buy?

Lead into a discussion about how similar things are put together. If you want apples, you go to the fruit and veg section; if you want ice cream you go to the freezer. It saves time and makes the shopping easier.

Scientists do a similar thing with living organisms. There are so many varied plants and animals, scientists need to keep dividing them into smaller groups to identify them.

How would they do this? What would they look for?

Explain that they look for similarities and differences to put the plants and animals into groups.

Explain that we talk about the ‘plant kingdom’ and the ‘animal kingdom’.

Animal Kingdom – how many different species of animals do the children think are on Earth? Take estimates.

800 000

They can be broadly broken into Vertebrates and Invertebrates.

Vertebrates have a backbone.

Invertebrates do not.

What group do humans fit into?

Activity One

Use PowerPoint to talk through each group and their characteristics.