Year 2 - Science
Growing up
New life
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Unit Summary
This unit explores how animals, including humans, have offspring that grow into adults and examines their basic survival needs, such as water, food, and air. It focuses on asking questions, observing closely, identifying and classifying, and using observations to suggest answers to questions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to group and order different stages of an animal's growth.
Key Notes
- Offspring are young animals in relation to their parents
- Offspring change and grow into adults
- Animals at different stages of growth can be grouped by looking at what is similar and what is different
- Animals at different stages of growth can be ordered correctly using observation skills
Vocabulary To Learn
- animal: An animal is a living thing which moves, and eats other animals or plants.
- offspring: You can refer to a person's child or to an animal's young as their offspring.
- adult: The adult is a mature form of a plant or animal.
- grow: To grow is to get bigger in size. All living things grow for part of their lives.
- change: If something changes it does not stay the same.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may think that an animal's offspring is always a smaller version of the parent.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Offspring are young animals in relation to their parents. Offspring change and grow into adults.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'animal'
An animal is a living thing which moves, and eats other animals or plants. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may think that an animal's offspring is always a smaller version of the parent. Correction: Include examples of animals whose offspring do not resemble them e.g. caterpillar/butterfly, swan/cygnet, tadpoles/frogs etc.
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