Upper KS2 links

Adaptation: Bird Beaks

• Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution

CSI

• Reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms
• Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments

Evolution and Inheritance

• Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

Food, Digestion and Poo

• Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans

Green Plants

• Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics

Lifecycles

• Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird
• Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals

Nature Detectives

• Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics

Owl Pellets

• Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
• Taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate

Plastics and Recycling

• Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic

Predators

• Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics

Rainforests

• Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
• Physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle
• Human geography, including: distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
• Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied

Super Sleuths

• Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
• Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments