Y1/2A Summer 1 Science Animals, Including Humans – Wild & Wonderful Creatures

Session 6 Tour Guides and Visitors
Science curriculum area:
Animals, Including Humans / Animals, Including Humans
i. identify and name a variety of common animals that are birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates (1AH)
ii. identify, name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores & omnivores (1AH)
iii. describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates, and including pets) (1AH)
iv. notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults (2AH)
Working Scientifically / i. asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways
ii. identifying and classifying
iii. using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
iv. gathering and recording data to help in answering questions
Teaching Objectives / ·  Continue to work on the Safari in a Tray.
·  Add a vehicle and people, signs and advertising.
·  Write and record an audio tour guide for the Safari in a Tray.
·  Invite visitors in to the classroom to try it out and to share in the learning.
Key Vocabulary: birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, invertebrates, group, classify, habitats, offspring, babies, adults
Resources
Safari trays from the previous session, plastic toys, natural and found materials, craft resources, collection of toy cars, and iPads. / Weblinks
http://www.activewild.com/african-animals-list/ - information about African animals;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0eqK4I9MU - African safari slide show;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4QisBVtRgQ - VR boat safari.
Before the session: Set out the safari trays from the previous session, with the rest of the materials used to create them.
Whole class: Ask the chn to come in and continue to work and play with their safari trays. Ask them to add more bits, maybe adding features such as a small watering hole (water in a shallow pot) or trees (twigs from outside). Allow them time to play and enjoy them too. Then ask the chn to select several cars from the car collection and add them to the safari scene as tourists driving through. Ask: Why is it important that the visitors don't get out of the car? What do you think the tour guides might be telling the visitors? Can we write some of those down? Write them down together as a class, to produce a list of instructions that tour guides might say; ‘Don't shout and upset the animals’, ‘Please take photographs but don't use your flash’, ‘Don't get out of the car because you will get attacked’. ‘Here we can see the giraffes – they can run up to 35 miles per hour and are herbivores’, ‘ Here are the elephants – they are herbivores and eat fruit, grasses, bark and roots’. Talk together about the sort of signs that might be placed at the beginning and end of the safari tray: ‘Welcome to Class 1's Safari’, ‘Stay in the Car and you will have a pleasant day’, ‘Thank you for visiting our safari’.
Year 1
Ask these chn to have a go at writing their own safari signs for their trays on card. Ask them to stick lolly sticks to the back of the card and to place them in their safari trays. / Year 2
Ask this group to write their own signs and warnings for their safari, to ensure all their visitors have a safe and enjoyable experience. Encourage them to reference the animals and show their science knowledge, for example: ‘Don't get out of the car because we have leopards that can run very fast and are carnivores’. Ask this group to use iPads or other recording devices to record a tour of the safari tray, pointing out the features and possibilities of animal sightings. The chn may want to write these tours down before they speak them into the iPads. Use these for the plenary.
Plenary / Invite visitors to come and have a go at imagining being tiny in the safari trays. You may want to invite another class. Ask the chn to talk to the visitors about the animals they may see, point out the signs and potential dangers and play the iPad recordings as the visitors move the toy cars around the safari route. Finish by congratulating the class for great science knowledge, amazing imagination and being able to share it all with others.
Outcomes / Children will:
·  Understand the dangers and warnings associated with wild animal safaris
·  Be able to communicate that to others

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