Year 2 - Science
The basic needs of animals
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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 describe what animals need to stay alive.
Key Notes
- Animals, including humans need certain things in order to stay alive.
- To survive means to continue to stay alive.
- All animals need food and water to grow, remain healthy and stay alive.
- All animals need air so that they can breathe and stay alive.
Vocabulary To Learn
- animals: An animal is a living thing that moves and eats other animals or plants.
- alive: Living things are alive. They move, respire, sense, grow, reproduce, excrete waste material and need nutrients.
- survive: Survive means to continue to stay alive.
- basic needs: A living thing's basic needs must be met in order for them to stay alive.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Different animals need different things in order to stay alive.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Animals, including humans need certain things in order to stay alive. To survive means to continue to stay alive.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'animals'
An animal is a living thing that 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: Different animals need different things in order to stay alive. Correction: Examples of different types of animals and how they need the same things to stay alive e.g. different foods they eat.
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