Teaching
- To understand that every animal is adapted to its own particular life style and habitat including its teeth.
- To research and present information on the teeth, diet or digestion of a chosen animal.
Activities
- Play an active game that encourages children to think about distinctive features and adaptations of different animals (Yrs 3&4)
- Explain the different diets of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and know how you can deduce an animal’s diet by studying its teeth (Yrs 3&4)
- Create an animal mask from a paper plate and either complete 3 simple sentences and research a dietary fact on their chosen animal (Yr3) or write a paragraph on their chosen animal using their own research (Yr4)
- Begin to understand why an animal’s poo varies according to its diet, life style and health (Yrs 3&4)
Investigation
Create animal masks to use in the dance. Are all animals the same in the way they digest food? No! Why? Because their diet is different. Investigate different animals – their diet, digestion and droppings. Revise vocab: Herbivore, Carnivore and Omnivore. (analysing secondary sources)
Year 3- Research 3 key facts on their chosen animal
Year 4 – Write a short paragraph on their chosen animal for the dance narration
Vocabulary
Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, diet, features, adaptations, life style, survival, predator, prey