Lesson Planning

Teaching

• To explain how some animals
  and plants are adapted to an extreme environment (Yr5&6).
• To design an animal & a plant that should thrive and survive in a given environment (Yr5&6).
• To make logical suggestions as to the impact of the introduction of a new species (Yr6).
  

Activities

1. Play ‘Extreme Survivor’ to see which creatures and plants survive in given environments (Yr5&6)
2. Design an animal and a plant that should thrive and survive in a given environment (Yr5&6)
3. Explain how animals and plants might be adapted to extreme environments (Yr5&6)
4. Suggest the impact of a ‘new’ animal and plant on an extreme environment (Yr6)

Investigation
Extreme Survival. Decide which creatures will survive in a range of environments and biomes. Can you score more survival points through your own living thing ‘survivor’ designs? (Exploring, Problem solving, Pattern seeking)
Years 5&6 - Play ‘Extreme Survivor’ to see which creatures and plants survive in given environments
Years 5&6 - Design an animal and a plant that should thrive and survive in a given environment
Years 5&6 - Explain how animals and plants might be adapted to extreme environments
Year 6 - Suggest the impact of a ‘new’ animal and plant on an extreme environments

Vocabulary
Evolution, suited/suitable, environment, adapted/adaptation, characteristics, vary/variation