Grade 1 Science — Term 1, Week 5

5 day-plan(s) · WeLearn JA SCI T1 G1

Grade 1 Science · Term 1, Week 5 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Identify that living things need food, water, air, and space.
Materials	Picture cards of plants, animals, people; sorting mats
Key vocabulary	living, need, food, water, air
Engage (starter)	"What do you need to stay alive and well?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: sort picture cards of living and non-living things; tap-to-reveal what each living thing needs; list the four basic needs together.
Plenary (close)	Name one thing all living things need.
Assessment	Correct needs identified.
Teacher notes	Links back to senses and body from Week 1.

Grade 1 Science · Term 1, Week 5 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Recognise that living things need food for energy and growth.
Materials	Pictures of foods and animals eating, chart
Key vocabulary	food, energy, grow, eat
Engage (starter)	"What did you eat to get energy today?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: match animals and people to the foods they eat; discuss how food helps us grow and play; sort local Caribbean foods.
Plenary (close)	Name a food that helps you grow.
Assessment	Understands food gives energy.
Teacher notes	Use familiar local foods such as fruit and ground provisions.

Grade 1 Science · Term 1, Week 5 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Understand that all living things need water.
Materials	Cup of water, a plant, pictures
Key vocabulary	water, drink, thirsty, wilt
Engage (starter)	"What happens to a plant with no water?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: set up a watered and an unwatered plant to observe over the week; discuss why people and animals drink water.
Plenary (close)	Why do we need water?
Assessment	Recognises water as a need.
Teacher notes	Begin the plant observation to revisit later.

Grade 1 Science · Term 1, Week 5 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Recognise that living things need air and enough space.
Materials	Balloon, pictures of animals in their homes
Key vocabulary	air, breathe, space, home
Engage (starter)	"Take a deep breath - what are you taking in?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: feel breathing in and out; discuss that plants and animals need air too; look at how animals need space to live and move.
Plenary (close)	Name something that needs air.
Assessment	Understands air and space needs.
Teacher notes	Keep it concrete and observable.

Grade 1 Science · Term 1, Week 5 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Consolidate the basic needs of living things.
Materials	Sorting cards, chart
Key vocabulary	review, needs
Engage (starter)	"Needs detective challenge!"
Develop (main)	Interactive: sorting and matching game linking living things to their needs; check on the class plant.
Plenary (close)	List the needs of a living thing.
Assessment	Station accuracy.
Teacher notes	Reinforce food, water, air, and space.