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Using oceans
Curriculum links: NC Science: SC1 1a; 2a, b, e, h, i, j,
l, m. Sc2 1a, c; 5a, b, d, e. Sc3 2e.
QCA: Science Unit 4B – Habitats, Unit 5D – Changing
state; Unit 6A – Interdependence and adaptation
NC Geography: 1a, d; 2c, d; 3a, b, d; 5a; 6e.
QCA: Geography Unit 7 – Weather around the world;
Unit 16 – What’s in the news?
ICT links:
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/
oceans.html includes links to research and
information sites, on the subject of animals, habitats,
ocean data and human influence.
Activities Ages 7–9
WORDS © GILLIAN RAVENSCROFT, SCIENCE COORDINATOR AND FREELANCE WRITER
Learning objective: to use food chains to show feeding
relationships in a habitat.
You will need: food chain pictures from one or
more ocean habitat; Online photocopiable,
‘Food chains’ (available at www.scholastic.co.uk/
juniored).
Use a website, clipart or other reference materials to
create a bank of suitable food chain images. Establish
that food chains always start with a green plant and
explain the roles of producer, consumer, secondary
consumer, predator and prey. Demonstrate how
arrows can be used to show the transfer of energy
from food to consumer. Ask the children to look at
pictures of an ocean habitat and arrange them in
the correct order. Work through other examples
as appropriate and support with the Online
photocopiable, ‘Food chains’.
2. Animal adaptation
Learning objective: to find out how animals in
different habitats are suited to their environment.
You will need: out of season clothing; reference
materials and internet access; Online photocopiable,
JE08_P1 backs.indd 3
Start the lesson by wearing a scarf and gloves in the
summer, or a summery outfit in the winter. Invite the class
to explain what is wrong with your outfit and then discuss
whether animals dress to suit where they live. Establish
that to survive anywhere, all animals must be suited to that
particular environment. Encourage the children to research
special features and habitats of ocean dwelling animals
and record their findings on the Online photocopiable,
‘Under the sea’.
Activities Ages 9–11
Water cycle wonder
1. Food for thought
PHOTOCOPIABLE 3
‘Under the sea’ (available at www.scholastic.co.uk/
juniored).
Learning objective: to investigate the part played by
evaporation and condensation in the water cycle.
You will need: coloured water; ice cubes; tin with lid;
mirrors; Photocopiable 4, ‘Changing states’; Online
photocopiable, ‘Water cycle wonder’ (available at
www.scholastic.co.uk/juniored – an interactive
version is also available.)
Remind the children that all living things need water and
discuss where it comes from. Establish that water can
change from one state to another and back again.
Demonstrate how evaporation and condensation work
by smearing coloured water onto an ordinary whiteboard
and leaving it for a few minutes. Observe a tin filled with
ice and left for ten minutes and ask the children to blow
onto some mirrors. Encourage them to describe their
observations in each instance using the terms evaporation
and condensation and to record these on Photocopiable
4, ‘Changing states’.
Ask the children to complete the diagram on the Online
photocopiable, ‘Water cycle wonder’ by placing labels
in the correct order. Use the interactive version as a whole
class activity. Children can drag and drop labels onto the
illustration. An answer sheet is also provided. Extend the
activity by making a water cycle storyboard – told from a
raindrop’s point of view.
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AUGUST 2007
Junior education
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