Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Through observation, explore the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive.
• Find and classify specimens into categories under these headings: living, dead and never been alive.
• Label the sets with features of each classification.
• Engage in further discussion around the differences between these categories.

Activities

1. Understand the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive.
2. Understand the key features of things that are living, as opposed to dead.
3. Categorise specimens according to their features.

Investigation - exploring, pattern seeking
Explore the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. Discuss the key features of things that are living, as opposed to dead.
Year 1 - Categorise specimens according to their features.
Year 2 - Categorise and label the specimens according to their features.

Vocabulary
Food chain, predator, habitats, dependence, dead, alive