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KS2 Science: AT2 'Life Processes and Living Things'

Variation and Classification
4 Pupils should be taught:

  1. to use and make keys
  2. how locally occurring animals and plants can be assigned to groups
  3. that the variety of plants and animals makes it important to identify them and assign them to groups
 

Ideas for Databases
The following websites are useful for finding images and information to use in a database:

 

Minibeasts/Pondlife
10 minute Mini-Beast Safari
Part of the Chatburn Wildlife site
http://chatburnwildlife.org.uk/photos/mini10.htm
Walking with Woodlice
Part of the National History Museum's site.
Try the online woodlouse identification key!
http://www.naturalhistorymuseum.org.uk/woodlice/identification.html
shield bug Woodland Explorer
Part of the Kent's Nature Grid site
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/woodland/leaf.html
Pond Explorer
Identification key for pond animals.
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/key.html
Garden Birds
Really Wild Zone
BBC website. Factfiles, photographs and songs of common British garden birds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildfacts/garden_birds/garden_birds.shtml

Birds of Britain
Illustrated guide to over 100 British birds.
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/index.htm
British Mammals
Wild Facts: UK Mammals
BBC website with factfiles, photographs, sounds and video clips of UK mammals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildfacts/uk_mammals/uk_mammals.shtml
Plants on the school field
Chatburn Wildlife
A selection of photographs to get you started.
http://www.chatburnwildlife.org.uk/photos/keypics.htm