Science KS 2 Unit 4B Habitats

Through this unit children will begin to understand the concept of a habitat, how it provides organisms found there with conditions for life and how animals depend on plants or other animals which eat plants for food. Throughout the unit ways in which organisms are suited to the habitat should be emphasised. Experimental and investigative work focuses on:

• turning ideas into a form that can be tested, making a prediction.
• making observations.
• deciding whether the evidence supports the prediction and suggesting explanations in terms of their knowledge of science.

Work in this unit also provides opportunities for children to learn about the interdependence of living things and how the environment and living things need to be protected.

This unit takes approximately 12 hours.

OTHER RESOURCES

• Isle of Wight - Branstone Farm
• hand lenses, collecting nets, containers for small animals
• posters, video, CD-ROMs, reference books, simple biological keys, pictures of a variety of habitats in or close to the locality of the school or similar to those in the locality of the school
• plastic containers suitable for investigating preferences of small animals eg snails, woodlice