creature features! exploring living things and their body features. biological science year 1
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Creature Features!
Exploring living things and their body features.
Biological ScienceYear 1
What is a living thing?
What is a feature?
Head
Legs
Tail
From the box of animals your teacher
gives you INVESTIGATE and DISCUSS these creatures’ features.
With your classmates, answer the questions on the
next slides.
• What features do these living things have?
• Are all the animals features the same as each other?
• Do any of the creatures have special features?
• Why might some of these living things have wings instead of
legs?
• Do any of the creatures have special features?
Together, name these living things, find their
features and label them.
Does the animal have any special features?
Describe why the creature has that special feature.
Teacher Pages
CurriculumBiological Science -Science UnderstandingContent Description ( ACSSU017):• Living things have a variety of external featuresElaborations:• Recognising common features of animals such as head,
legs and wings.• Describing the use of animal body parts for particular
purposes such as moving and feeding.
Resources• Box of animal figurines• Workbook for labelling animal diagrams
Declarative Knowledge
Procedural Knowledge
The learner will know that The learner will be able to
• All animals have similar, recognisable features
• Some animals have special features
• Animals use body parts for the purpose of movement and
feeding
• Recognise, name and label the common features of animals
• Observe and compare the features of different animals
• Describe why animals have different features ( Eg. Birds
have wings to fly)
This task card can be implemented using a smart board or as a printed hard copy.Due to the young age of the learners,
teacher assistance will be necessary when implementing this task card.