Science Coverage UKS2 Y5 Strands

Science Year 5 Biology: Living things and their habitats

Study the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects & birds, including some unusual examples like egg-laying mammals & marsupials. Compare complete & incomplete metamorphosis. Find out about well-known naturalists & animal behaviourists. Propagate plants from different parts of the parent plant. Descriptions of Sessions

Recap on life cycles of flowering plants and plant some seeds to germinate & grow during the strand. Explain that plants can also reproduce asexually. Session A Chn plant bulbs, corms, tubers and cuttings of roots, stems & leaves to see Flowering plants if they can propagate new plants.

Study the life cycles of some non-flowering plants, e.g. algae, mosses, Session B liverworts, ferns & gymnosperms, i.e. conifers, and compare them to Non-flowering plants flowering plants. Chn make careful observational drawings of representative plants, enlarging some details. Discuss the life cycle of humans and compare and contrast with those of Session C other mammals, e.g. kangaroos & dogs. Identify features of mammals. Mammals Explain that there are two unusual mammals that lay eggs. Watch videos of the live birth of humans & other mammals. The main difference in the life cycles of mammals & birds is that birds lay Session D eggs. Recap on the structure of eggs (looked at in Year 2). Explain that Birds migration is part of the life cycle of many birds. Incubate some eggs & watch the chicks hatch. Draw a bird life cycle. Remind chn of the life cycles of butterflies & frogs & look at examples of Session E other insect & amphibian life cycles. Understand differences between Amphibians and insects complete & incomplete metamorphosis. Compare with mammal & bird life cycles. Have an origami frog jumping championship! Discuss the work that naturalists and animal behaviourists carry out & why Session F it is important. Watch video clips of some of these scientists at work. Sit Scientists quietly in the school grounds to observe living things. Research & write a biography of a well-known scientist. Summarise the findings of the Strand & look at some unusual plants & Session G animals from elsewhere in the world, including other egg-laying animals. Plant propagation Chn complete their observations of flowering plants, plant propagation enquiries and egg & frog spawn hatching. Write reports of their findings.

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Science Year 5

Biology Strand

Living things and their habitats