Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Set up a fair test to investigate whether feathers can keep you warm.
• Take accurate measurements of temperature over time and display data as a graph.

Activities

1. Make a pop-up, interactive sorting page on the features of birds and reptiles (Yr3&4).
2. Design a fair test to investigate the insulation properties of feathers (Yr3&4).
3. Take accurate temperature readings over time and compare data from a bottle covered in feathers to one without feathers (Yr3&4).
4. Display the data on a graph (Y4 with more detail & independence).

Investigation - classifying and identifying, analysing secondary sources
Create a sorting page on Birds and Reptiles. Learn about the features of birds and reptiles and the variety within these groups. Add to mobile key.
Year 3 - Create 6 different reptiles/ birds for sorting and write a short description of each group.
Year 4 - Create 6 different reptiles/ birds ,write a short description of each group and a special feature or clue for each example.

Vocabulary
Vertebrates, invertebrates, classify, classification, birds, reptiles, warm/cold blooded, scales, feathers