Science- All Living things and Animals including Humans
Sc4/1 Working Scientifically
- asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
- making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers
- gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions
- recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables
- reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions
- using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions
- identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes
- using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.
All Living Things
- recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
- explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment
- recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Here are some helpful websites for Jamaica
https://www.cockpitcountry.com/index.html
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/location/central-america/jamaica/
Animals including Humans
- describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans
- identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions
- construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
This link can be used for Kahoot!
Looking at different types of teeth.
Click on the link and use this pincode 0770225
https://kahoot.it/challenge/0770225
Use this link to research different animal diets, choose an omnivore, carnivore and an herbivore
http://animals.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/?source=G1801&kwid=animal%20info|811696014.
Zoo websites to help with the "Zoo Keeper for a Day" activity
Marwell Zoo http://www.marwell.org.uk/zoo_guide/encyclopaedia.asp?css=1 click on a letter of the alphabet & then choose an animal
Chester Zoo http://www.chesterzoo.org/ click on Animals link, then choose an animal
London Zoo http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/animals/ click on one of the animals groups down the left hand side of the page
Whipsnade Zoo http://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo/meet-the-animals/all/ click on an animal
Bristol Zoo http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/animals click on one of the animal groups on the left hand side of the page
Colchester Zoo http://www.colchester-zoo.com/explore/to-see/animals choose an animal from the list
Paignton Zoo http://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/animals click on a letter of the alphabet & then choose an animal
Dublin Zoo http://www.dublinzoo.ie/9/Animal-Guide.aspx click on an animal group & then choose an animal