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Marine iguanas

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Carnival of the Animals Reptiles

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Objectives

Science

  • Describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival.

English

  • Write for different purposes, saying out loud what they are going to write about.

Lesson Planning

Find out that humans and reptiles have basic needs. Discover that some reptiles are endangered, focusing on the marine iguana. Look at pictures from a scientific study and create a leaflet about marine iguanas.

Teaching Outcomes
To write about the basic needs of a marine iguana, know that humans and reptiles have basic needs.
To produce a leaflet about marine iguanas, organising their ideas before they write.

Children will:

  • Write about the basic needs of a marine iguana.
  • Know that humans and reptiles have basic needs.
  • Produce a leaflet about marine iguanas.
  • Organise their ideas before they write.

Provided Resources

  • Welcome to the Galapagos islands!
  • Images of the Galapagos islands
  • Marine iguana fact sheet

You Will Need

  • Baby doll
  • A5 paper

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