You will need: Animals, including humans Y2 Science Strand
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/ Long strips of paper, e.g. border rolls, scissors, crayons. Access to internet/ Pictures of stages in human life cycle
Human life cycle
Photos of children & babies
Comparison templates
Timeline
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/ A book or books about frog life cycle, e.g. Watch it Grow – Frog by B Watts ISBN: 9780749667108, Tadpoles and Frogs (Usborne Beginners) by Anna Milbourne ISBN: 9780746074558, From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer ISBN: 9780064451239,Oscar and the Frog by Geoff Waring, ISBN: 9781406304961, Life Cycle of a Frog (Life Cycles) by Angela Royston (soon to be published)Access to internet
good video clips about life cycles of different species of frogs. (Beware as lots of tadpoles get eaten!) Put ‘frog’ in the Search & click the Video radio button underneath & then choose ‘Red-Eyed Tree Frogs Life Cycle’ and/or ‘Trials of a Tadpole’
simple frog life cycle simple frog life cycle an interesting tadpole watching/pond project with photos
/ Keeping tadpoles
Frog life cycle
Vocabulary
Baby & adult animals to match
Tadpole recording chart
Frog life cycle captions
Toad & toadspawn photos
Zigzag book instructions
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/ Optional - plastic set of butterfly life cycle components.Paints, brushes. Access to internetThe Very Hungry Caterpillarby Eric Carle, ISBN: 9780140569322
A book or books about butterfly life cycle, e.g. Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Angela Royston ISBN: 9780431999470, From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman ISBN:9780064451291, Life Cycles: From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Sally Hewitt ISBN: 9781845383046
Access to internet
This is Your Life Cycle by Heather Lynn Miller, ISBN: 9780618724857
Don’t Cry, Caterpillar by Grace Nichols, p190 Read Me, ISBN: 9780330373531 / Butterfly life cycle
Moth life cycle
Butterfly templates
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/ Raw eggs, bowl. Access to internetA book or books about chicken life cycle, e.g. Eggs and Chicks by Fiona Patchett ISBN:9780746074527, Life Cycle of a Chicken by Angela Royston ISBN: 978-1432925406, A Chicken’s Life Cycle by Ruth Thomson ISBN:9781615322220 / Baby & adult animals to match (words & photographs)
Vocabulary
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/ Non-fiction books about pets. If possible organise a local farmer, vet or zoo keeper to talk about looking after animals. Access to internet/ RSPCA Pet photos & Pet’s needs
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/ A range of food products to sort (could be food labels). Make a large floor chart divided into 5 and labelled with food groups. Magazines with pictures of food. 4 different unusual fruit juices for children to taste & plastic cups. Enlarged block graph and pictogram (session resources) or large squared paper. Access tointernet/ Food Groups
Pictogram & Block Graph
Pictures of foods
Fruit Salad game
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/ A range of food products that would commonly be found in children’s lunchboxes (empty containers are fine) – include some unhealthy choices too. Children’s food diaries. Access to internet/ Food Pyramid
A different way of showing a balanced diet
Lunchbox outlines
Lunchbox foods
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/ Book(s) with pictures of the body, ideas for games. Access to internet/ Fun to be Fit
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/ Oil, cinnamon (or flour), 2 bowls for washing hands. Access to internet/ Germs on the Run!
Our enquiry (differentiated)
Bedtime pictogram
Podcast
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