SCIENCE LESSONS YEAR 3 Christmas term

1. SCIENCE LESSONS YEAR 3Christmas term Subject Teacher Miss Adekola

2. Welcome back!!! Welcome to a term filled with fun and lots of scientific activities. Let the fun and learning begin with the activity on the next slide.

3. Do Now!!! (3minutes) Sort these pictures into two groups on the next slide by copying and pasting the given pictures .

4. Sorting task

5. Category 1 Category 2 STARTER : Write a sentence describing how you decided to sort the pictures into each category on the previous slide.

6. Make a GUESS! • Based on the above activities (the do now and starter) can you make a guess on the lesson topic for today?. • Type your guess topic below – Go on to the next slide to check your answer.

7. Lesson 1 topic : Characteristics of living things. Monday, 08 September, 2014

8. LESSON OBJECTIVES • To know the characteristics of living things. (Level 3 C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Level 3 B)

9. KEYWORDS • Characteristics • Living • Non-living • Human • Animal • Plants • Breathe • Move • Feed • Reproduce • Grow • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

10. WHY ARE WE LEARNING THIS?WHERE CAN WE USE THIS IN THE FUTURE? 1. To understand the world we live in.2. Develop the ability to separate things according to their characteristics.3. To know that all living thing have the same basic needs. • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

11. Activity 1 -Are you a living thing? Give reasons for your answer below.

12. Activity 2- Now, write things you can do and things non living can not do in the below table.

13. Watch the video Watch the video on the below youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPmAmSdLn20 • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

14. Question : How do you know a thing is living? Tick the correct answer. A. If it can talk, grow and move. B. If it can talk, grow, move and eat. C. If it can talk, grow, move, eat and breathe D. If it can talk, grow, move, eat, breathe and reproduce. E. None of the above. • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

15. KEY CONCEPT • Living things are diverse (different) but share common characteristics. All living things can : • M - move • R - breathe • S - sensitivity • G - grow • R - reproduce • E - excrete • N - Nutrition • Acronym …..MRS GREN

16. Lesson Objective (2): • Toidentify the characteristics of living things. Level 3B • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

17. DO NOW!! -2mins • Welcome to the second objective of the lesson. • Quick question. Which of these words best explains the word characteristics? • A Feature • B Name • C Number • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

18. STARTER • Think of the characteristics of a living thing. • Use them to answer the next slide question?

19. STARTER -3minsWhich is a picture of a living thing?Obafemi or Ben10 • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

20. Why? • Give two reasons for your choice. • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

21. Do you remember our 2nd lesson objective? • To identify the characteristics of living things. • What do you think this objective means? Rewrite this objective in your own words - • To know the characteristics of living things. (Grade C) • To identify the characteristics of living things. (Grade B) • To understand that life processes are common to living things and make generalizations. (Grade A)

22. What makes a living thing a living thing?

23. How to identify characteristics. • Living things can be identify based on the 7 features using the acronym MRS GREN • Can it move? • Can it breathe? • Can it feel? • Can it grow? • Can it give birth to young one? • Can it remove waste from its body? • Can

24. Category 1 Category 3 Category 2 Activity - Sort the animals into 3 different categories according to their characteristics.

25. Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Write a sentence describing how you decided to sort the animals into each category on the previous slide.

26. What characteristics do all these animals share?*

27. HOMEWORK : • 1.Insert 3 different clipart animals that you like and identify characteristic they all have in common. • 2. What characteristic do these animals have in common?