Animal footprints

Topics Year 4/5

Objectives

Science

  • Recognise that living things have changed over time.
  • Identify how animals are adapted to their environment.

History

  • Note connections, contrasts and trends over time.

Lesson Planning

Investigate animal footprints and how they give us evidence about the environment. Make a guide to animal footprints.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To find out about fossilised animal footprints.
  • To work out how different animal species in Britain were x years ago.

Children will:

  • Explain what fossilised footprints were found in a particular place
  • Contrast animals from x years ago to today
  • Explore how environments change from the evidence of animal species presence or absence

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.