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Unit 2B: Plants and animals in the local environment
General Links
Click here for the BBC units on this topic.
Click here for the Support files for this topic.
1. Introduction
Click here for ideas about teaching plants and animals.
Click here for an interactive site all about what plants are.
Click here for an introduction to different types of animals.
Click herefor lots of children friendly sites on animals.
2. Looking for plants and animals
Click here for ideas on how to look for animals and plants near school.
Clcik here for the interactive bug hunt game.
Click here for a bug hunt lesson plan.
Click here for minibeast hunt worksheets.
Click here for a minibeast worksheet
3. Describing local habitats
Click here for ideas about describing habitats.
Click here for lesson on who lives there.
Click here for an interactive game on where different animals live.
Click here (animals section) for which animals live where.
4. Flowering plants
Click here for teaching ideas on flowering plants.
Click here and look for the seeds presentation.
Click here for seeds lesson plan.
Click here for fun lesson plans on seeds.
Click here for lesson plan on seeds and where they come from.
5. Growing seeds
Click here for ideas on growing seeds.
Click here for an interactive whiteboard lesson on growing plants.
Click here for lots of plant and growing links.
Click here for plants to grow with kids.
Click here for FREE fast growing seeds. The seeds only take 6 weeks to grow and flower! (Must tell them you are a school and use a school address)
Click here then choose growing beans for a great page with step by step photos of growing beans.
6. Comparing growing conditions
Click here for ideas of comparing growing conditions.
Click here for a full lesson plan on growing seeds in different conditions.
Click here for do plants need water?
Click here for helping plants grow well. An interactive game.
7. Animal reproduction and growth
8. Review
Click here for ideas on animal reproduction.
Click here for pictures of the lifecycle of a butterfly.
Click here for lots of fun, interactive lessons on the butterfly life cycle.
Click here for lots of different pictures of photos of different life cycles.
Click here ideas of how to review this topic.
Click here and use the information to make an information leaflet.