Animals' needs for survival

Year 2

Unit Overview

In the Human Survival project, we will revisit learning about humans, such as how humans are living things and a type of animal, called a mammal, that grows and changes. We will learn about the human life cycle and think about what humans need to survive, including food, water and shelter. We will learn about the four things we need to stay healthy: a balanced diet, plenty of water, exercise and enough sleep. As part of this learning, we will evaluate our diet and other people's diets. We will learn about the importance of exercise and take part in an exercise challenge over time to observe firsthand the benefits of exercise to their health. We will learn about hygiene practices, such as washing hands and brushing teeth. We will investigate why we should use soap to wash our hands and bodies, learning that washing hands with soap and clean running water helps humans avoid getting ill and spreading germs to others. We will complete their learning by investigating how easily germs can spread from person to person.

❇ MEMORABLE MOMENT

We will learn to measure our beats per minute using a heart monitor machine.

️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

We will have lots of opportunities to write predictions, methods, conclusions etc when we undertake our investigations.

🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

We will go outside to exercise and undertake our investigations.

Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions

What do mammals need to survive? To find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). To ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways
What do birds need to survive? To find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). To ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways
What do fish need to survive? To find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). To ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways
What do amphibians need to survive? To find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). To use identifying and classifying
What do reptiles need to survive? To find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). To gather and record data to help answer questions
What do humans need to to survive? To find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). To use observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.

Scientific Enquiry: Investigations

Why should I exercise?
- Children learn about the heart and heart rate then complete physical activities that allow them to see the effect exercise has on our body.
How do germs spread?
- Children observe how easily germs can spread through direct and indirect contact.

🏁 SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW

We will create quiz questions and compete in teams to see who can recall the most information about our Humans topic

📖 FOCUS TEXT(S)

We will be using a range of non-fiction texts within lessons and they will be available in the class library.

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