Habitats
Year 4
Unit Overview
In the Habitat Unit, your children will investigate the plants and animals within their locality, and how biodiverse these local habitats are. They will explore the differences between urban and rural habitats and how each type meets the needs of the plants and animals that live there. They will compare this with their local habitat and consider how biodiverse each location is.
❇ MEMORABLE MOMENT
Becoming scientists and using taxonomy to classify new living things.
️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
Writing a newspaper article about an unclassified creature which has been washed up on a beach.
🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Searching for invertebrates.
Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions
1. What impacts do humans have on different habitats? Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.
2. How are animals in a habitat classified? Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.
3. How are plants in a habitat classified? Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.
4. How do habitats change? Recognise that environments can change, and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Scientific Enquiry: Investigations
How does pollution affect habitats?
🏁 BIG FINISH
Children to complete a classification report based on a new discovery.
📖 FOCUS TEXT(S)
A variety of online texts and non-fiction books.