Wildlife, education & Media on Facebook
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The onset of COVID-19 and the lock-down affected people around the world. W.E.M School began as a suggestion by a classmate Emma Holland, using the Facebook page we set up for University to aid the parents now faced with the challenge of educating and entertaining their children at home.
As a group of second year students, we created 23 daily lessons using a questions and answer format including 19 individual subject lessons and 4 recap lessons, which spanned a month over Easter 2020. Firstly we introduced the main animal groups, mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians, insects & invertebrates, then moved through different habitats, pollination, pollution, evolution, plants (both terrestrial and marine), food chains and nutrition, structure and function, adaptations and communication. We also included a special Easter themed lesson to highlight the fact science can be found anywhere.
Please click to open the lessons below to see the lessons I created and the subjects I undertook as well as the group recap lesson.
These were designed using the following aspects of England's 2013 Department of Education Key Stage 2 Science National Curriculum:
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Using observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
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Exploring the world around you
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Identifying and naming a variety of common wild and garden plants
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Identifying and describing the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees
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Identifying and naming a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
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Identifying and naming a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
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Describing and comparing the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals)
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Identifying and naming a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats
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Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food (Department of Education, 2013)
Find out about the ideas, inspirations, design, statistics and reflection on this project here
You can find the whole series of lessons in the photos section of our Facebook page using the link below.