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Unit plan: Habitats and adaptation

This Unit of work covers the objectives for the Year 4 Science Unit 4B Habitats. It can be used as a whole terms unit of work or as individual lessons. All of the resources and links for the corresponding websites are available to download for FREE.

The main English National Curriculum objectives this Science unit covers are:

• SC1 Scientific Enquiry skills
• SC2 Life processes and living things
• Variation and classification; 4a
• Living things in their environment 5a
• Adaptation b, c
• Feeding relationships; d, e

Cross Curricular links have been put in place for Literacy, Maths, D/T, and ICT.

The Unit plan also contains links to the Welsh Curriculum.

Links to resources

Lesson plans

• Unit plan

Presentations

• Habitats Powerpoint slideshow
• Adaptation & Interdependence Powerpoint slideshow

Activity sheets

• Activity sheets - food chain game
• Activity sheets - day in the life
• Activity sheets - design your own
• Activity sheets - wordsearch
• Activity sheets - seaside poetry

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