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Meeting Mr Darwin

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Oceans and Seas The Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin

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Objectives

Geography

  • Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places, both terrestrial and marine.

History

  • Gain knowledge of the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

English

  • Adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in role.
  • Become more familiar with and confident in using language in a variety of situations and for a variety of role-play situations.

Science

  • Understand the adaptation of plants.

Lesson Planning

Meet and question ‘Mr Darwin’. Go on a thinking walk; Collect plant samples and make sketches and notes like a real naturalist.

Teaching Outcomes
 To understand that an island is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water.
Use the 4 compass points to find a point within the school grounds; Develop knowledge of compass points; Develop map-reading skills.
To design a treasure map and to create an aged effect.

Children will:

  • Gain knowledge of an important person from history.
  • Understand the work of naturalists and the impact they made on today.

Provided Resources

  • Following in Darwin’s footsteps (from RGB Kew)

You Will Need

  • Naturalist notebooks (from session 2)

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