You Will Need
Provided Resources
- Images of scientists
Weblinks
David Attenborough from https://www.bbc.co.uk
Meet Jane Goodall from https://www.janegoodall.org.uk
Jane Goodall from https://www.nationalgeographic.com
Meeting and becoming natural scientists
Science Year 5
This unit is part of
Year 5 Science The Art of Living
Objectives
Recognise your role as natural scientists during this block and hone your skills further today. Learn about some significant naturalists and animal behaviourists and create in-role monologues that explore the importance and impact of their work within the scientific community.
Science Objectives
i) Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.
ii) Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.
Working Scientifically
- Take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate.
- Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs.
- Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
- Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.
Extended Writing Opportunities
Biography: research a significant naturalist or animal behaviourist and create a poster that showcases their life, achievements and significance.
Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Make observations, as a natural scientist would, recording data and reporting findings.
- Learn about some famous naturalists.
Activities
- Make observations, record findings and draw conclusions, as natural scientists.
- Research and present, in role, information on a significant naturalist.
Vocabulary
Natural scientist, naturalist, observation, conservation, endangered