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Y1/2A Summer 1 Science Animals, Including Humans – Wild & Wonderful Creatures Session 5: Micro-Safaris Science Animals, Including Humans curriculum i. identify and name a variety of common animals that are birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates (1AH) area: ii. identify, name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores & omnivores (1AH) Animals, iii. describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, Including mammals and invertebrates, and including pets) (1AH) Humans iv. notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults (2AH) Working i. asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways Scientifically ii. identifying and classifying iii. using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions iv. gathering and recording data to help in answering questions Teaching  Research the habitats of wild safari animals, their offspring and basic needs. Objectives  Collate knowledge and information about a range of African animals.  Create a collective safari scene in a tray using craft and found materials. Key Vocabulary: birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, invertebrates, group, classify, habitats, offspring, babies, adults Resources Weblinks Matching animals to facts http://www.activewild.com/african-animals-list/ - information about African animals; resource, globe, sticky notes, a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0eqK4I9MU - African safari slide show; tray per group or pair of chn, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4QisBVtRgQ -VR boat safari. plastic toys, natural and found materials, and craft resources. Before the session: Print out the resource sheet ready for the chn to play the matching game. Whole class: Ask the chn to come in and show them the printed game cards from the resource. Split the chn into pairs or groups, making sure there is at least one good reader in the group. Ask them to play the game for a while, explaining that they are all wild animals that live in the continent of Africa. Find Africa on a globe or large map on the IWB. Talk about the size of the continent and how there are many countries that make up Africa (Over 50). There are also many climate zones (including desert, semi-desert, tropical monsoon, tropical wet and dry, equatorial). When they have finished, ask them to share any facts about the African animals that they have learned during the playing of the game. Display an enlarged image of the pictures from the game so all the chn can see it. Ask them to brainstorm all the facts they know about each animal. Write them on sticky notes or paper around the images. Use iPads or the IWB to find out more facts as you go along, so together you collate all the knowledge the class has about these African animals. Ask: Does anyone know what a safari is? Has anyone been on a safari? Or to a safari park? Show the chn the African safari slide show (Weblinks), or if you have a class set of VR goggles, use the boat safari clip in the weblink. Explain to the chn that they are going to work in groups to create a safari in a tray. Show them the trays, the found and natural materials and craft resources. Give them a selection of toy animals per group. Year 1 An adult needs to work with Year 2 these children Ask this group to work together to make a cohesive safari journey through their Support this group as they work tray. Challenge them to have a start and end point and to be aware of the animals together on their safari. Encourage they may encounter as they move through their tray. Make them aware that they them to talk about what they are do not have to be restricted to the range of plastic toys they have been given, but doing and what they hope to achieve could hint at different animals living in their tray - something submerged in mud or using the materials available. grass, a nest or den, etc. Encourage them to use their knowledge of African habitats to make their safari tray make sense (no tigers, penguins, etc ). Plenary Put the trays on the table and take the chn on a journey past them, asking them to comment and point out good parts of each as they go past. Encourage the chn to wonder what it might be like to shrink and be able to visit the safari trays as a tiny person. There will be more of this imagining in the next session. Outcomes Children will:  Collate and discuss knowledge and information about a range of African animals  Create a collective safari scene in a tray using craft and found materials  Share their work with their peers and use their imaginations to wonder

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