Habitats and classification KS2

Children look for minibeasts in different habitats.  LKS2 children are introduced to classification; UKS2 children create classification keys for themselves.

Typical LKS2 day:

10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety

10.45am – 11.00am – how might we group these minibeasts?  Children to get pictures of different bugs and come up with ways of grouping them.  Introduction to classification keys.

11.00am – 12noon – mini beast hunt  – which creatures did you find in which habitats.  Compare 3 different habitats, collect data.

12noon – 1.00pm – lunch to include s’mores cooked over the fire

1.00pm – 1.45pm – Use classification keys to identify other livings things (trees, plants etc, depending on time of year).  Possible use of iPads to support.

1.45pm – plenary and walk back to bus

Possible learning objectives:

• recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways (science, Y4, Living things and their habitats)
• explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local environment (science, Y4, Living things and their habitats)

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Typical UKS2 day:

10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety

10.45am – 11.00am – how might we group these minibeasts?  Children to get pictures of different bugs and come up with ways of grouping them.  Introduction to classification keys.  (Revisit LKS2 objectives)

11.00am – 12noon – mini beast hunt  – which creatures did you find in which habitats.  Compare 3 different habitats, collect data.  Take photographs and / or draw pictures of minibeasts.

12noon – 1.00pm – lunch to include s’mores cooked over the fire

1.00pm – 1.45pm – Create classification key to identify at least 6 different minibeasts.  Extension activity: create additional classification keys for plants, trees etc.

1.45pm – plenary and walk back to bus

Possible learning objective: classify plants and animals into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences (adapted from science, Y6, Living things and their habitats).  

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