LIVE Lesson: KS2: Reptiles Uncovered: Adaptations, Habitats and Survival

Lesson Outcomes

Explore changes and adaptations of reptiles

National Curriculum

• LKS2:
• Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
• Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things
  Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey

UKS2:
Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird [and a reptile]
Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals
Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals
Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents
Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution

Working Scientifically

LKS2:
Gathering, recording, classifying, and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions
Recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables
Identifying differences, similarities, or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes
Using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions, or to support their findings

UKS2:
Recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
Reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations