Popular searches in the last week:

2026, 2027, 2025, plants, english, time, poetry, history, forces, vikings

Help our habitat

Science Year 4
This unit is part of Year 4 Science Help Our Habitats!

Download all files

Objectives

Can we make a positive impact to a local environment? Using your knowledge of environments, habitats and food chains, redesign a designated area in order to change it for the better.

Science Objectives
i) Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

Working Scientifically

  1. Identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes.
  2. Use straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support findings.

Extended Writing Opportunities
Persuasive writing: Following the class debate about a proposed change to an area in the school environment, write a persuasive letter to the school governors setting out your view about what should happen next.

Lesson Planning

Teaching

  • Plan positive changes to a local environment and use evidence to answer questions about why they are making the changes.

Activities

  1. Work in a group to plan how to make positive changes to a small local area (school based or wider community if possible)
  2. Consider the people who may use the area and think about out how they might use it.
  3. Consider the other living things, including bees and hedgehogs, who may use the area when planning.
  4. Draw a plan of how they would change a local environment for the better.

Investigation - classifying, identifying
Plan how to make a positive change to a small local area considering the impact on people and other living things.

Vocabulary
Change, positive, living things, environment

Log in or sign up to get access to this resource

School Subscription

Reduce teacher workload

From £200 (+ VAT) per year. Access to all key stages for multiple users.

Sign up

Individual Subscription

For inspirational teaching

Just £60 (£50 + VAT) per year to get access to all resources.

Sign up

Early Career Teacher

Develop your teaching

Just £42 (£35 + VAT) to get access to all resources for 2 years.

Sign up

Taster Account

100s of resources

Register to access all free resources.

Sign up

Already subscribed?

Log in to get access.