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Sample video for this unit - What happens to baby animals?

Lesson from QCA Primary Scheme of Work Unit 2a Health and Growth.

Through this unit children learn that animals (including humans) grow and reproduce. They can use ideas about feeding and growth to learn about ways we need to look after ourselves to stay healthy.

Teachers Guide / Ideas.

These are my suggestions or ideas based on how I would teach this lesson and is based around the provided videos, of course feel free just to use the video and your own lesson plan.... see further Teaching Notes

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What happens to baby animals?

The video shows new born farm animals an ask what happens to these animals.
The second video then sows the same animals with their parents.
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What do young animals need when they are young?

The video shows farm animals looking after their new born and young offspring. It finishes by asking if all animals are looked after the same and shows some which receive little or no care from their parents.
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Teachers Notes:

The video shows newborn piglets, lambs and calves some born only seconds before and covered in after birth if pupils ask! A key point to make is that these new born animals are up on their feet looking for milk within 2-3 minutes in most cases.

Ask pupils how long it was before they could walk and get themselves a drink? Compare this with frogs who give no care to tadpoles and try to lead pupils to the idea that not caring for young means more must be produced to ensure some survive.

Knowledge, skills and understanding:

Sc2 Life processes and living things.

Source: QCA Statutory content

Life processes

That animals, including humans, move, feed, grow, use their senses and reproduce.
To relate life processes to animals and plants found in the local environment.

Humans and other animals

To recognise and compare the main external parts of the bodies of humans and other animals.
That humans and other animals need food and water to stay alive.
That taking exercise and eating the right types and amounts of food help humans to keep healthy.
About the role of drugs as medicines.
How to treat animals with care and sensitivity.
That humans and other animals can produce offspring and that these offspring grow into adults.
About the senses that enable humans and other animals to be aware of the world around them.

Breadth of Study

Source: QCA Web site

KS 1

During the key stage, pupils should be taught the Knowledge, skills and understanding through:

A range of domestic and environmental contexts that are familiar and of interest to them.
Looking at the part science has played in the development of many useful things.
Using a range of sources of information and data, including ICT-based sources.
Using first-hand and secondary data to carry out a range of scientific investigations, including complete investigations.

During the key stage, pupils should be taught to:

Communication

Use simple scientific language to communicate ideas and to name and describe living things, materials, phenomena and processes

Health and safety

Recognise that there are hazards in living things, materials and physical processes, and assess risks and take action to reduce risks to themselves and others.

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