Narrating a wildlife documentary

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts Coasts - Where Land Meets Sea

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Objectives

Science

To construct and interpret a variety of food chains, including producers, predators, and prey.
To begin to identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.

English

To write for a range of real purposes and audiences as part of their work across the curriculum.

Lesson Planning

Create an engaging and informative wildlife documentary about a coastal scene.

Teaching Outcomes:

To narrate a wildlife documentary about a coastal food chain using scientific language about the animals, their position in the chain, and their environment.
To consider the audience when writing a narrative for a wildlife documentary.

Children will:

Use scientific language to narrate a coastal wildlife scene.
Consider the audience when writing a narration and add personification to their writing.
Begin to consider the impact of well made, and well researched documentaries on peoples understanding of issues in nature.

Planning

Provided Resources

Food chain diagram
Extra links to video clips of coastal wildlife

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Stop watch

Weblinks

Wildlife programme about the Australian mangroves from thekidshouldseethis.com
Bottom of the food chain from bbc.co.uk