Lesson Planning

Teaching

• To research the life cycles of a contrasting bird, insect, amphibian and plant (Y5&6)
• To record life cycles in the form of annotated scientific illustrations (Y5&6)
• To link life cycle features and processes to evolutionary theory (Y6)

Activities

1. Research a range of life cycles that contrast with those already studied (Y5&6)
2. Create annotated scientific illustrations that show life cycles of more unusual animals & plants (Y5&6)
3. Show watercolour sketching, colour blending and texture forming skills developed over the block (Y5&6)
4. Identify adaptations that relate directly to reproduction (Y6)

Investigation
Life Cycles from Around the World. Time to do some travelling! You will need to find some interesting and quirky animals and plants from around the world and explore their life cycles online. Make sure you find plenty of images so that you can create an informative but artistic representation of their life cycles in the form of scientific illustrations. (Analysing secondary sources, Pattern seeking, Classifying and identifying)
Years 5&6 - Research a range of life cycles that contrast with those already studied and create annotated scientific illustrations that show life cycles of these more unusual animals & plants
Year 6 – Additionally identify adaptations that relate directly to reproduction

Vocabulary
Life cycle, mammal, bird, amphibian, insect, reproduction