Animals Teaching Resources for Year 2
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Insect-Themed Flashcards and Writing Prompts
Inspire young entomologists to read and write about insects with minibeast writing prompts and word wall cards.
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Grouping Plants and Animals – Sorting Activity (F-1)
Sort and group plants and animals based on a variety of characteristics with a Plants And Animals Sorting Activity Pack.
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Wildlife Hero Pledge Worksheet
An environmental pledge for students to complete.
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Animal Fact File Worksheet
An animal fact file for students to complete when learning about a variety of animals.
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Giant Moa - New Zealand Animal Poster
A poster showing information regarding the giant moa.
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Giant Weta - New Zealand Animal Poster
A poster showing information regarding the giant weta.
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Humpback Whale - New Zealand Animal Poster
A poster showing information regarding the humpback whale.
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Tasmanian Tiger Extinct Animal Poster
A poster showing information about the extinct Tasmanian tiger.
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Dinosaur Posters and Fact Cards
A set of ten posters and fact cards about a variety of dinosaurs.
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Grasshopper Life Cycle - Blank Template
A blank grasshopper life cycle template to use in the classroom when learning about minibeasts.
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Minibeast Life Cycle - Blank Templates
A set of blank life cycle templates to use in the classroom when learning about minibeasts.
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Dinosaur Word Wall Vocabulary
Use a dinosaur vocabulary word wall display to introduce your students to the world of dinosaurs.
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Minibeasts Weekly Lesson Pack
This extensive minibeast weekly lesson pack includes educational posters, classroom decorations, word wall templates, page templates and worksheets for you to mix and match with your class.
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Growth and Change Unit Plan
This Biological Sciences unit explores how living things grow and change. Animal offspring (including humans) are compared with their parents and plants are grown from seed in order to observe change over a period of weeks.
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This is Your Life
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the stages of the human life cycle.
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Big Changes!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop their understanding of the concept of metamorphosis.
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Going Through Stages
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of simple life cycles.
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Mothers, Fathers and Babies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare observable features of adults and offspring and identify the proper names of adults and their offspring.
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How Do Living Things Change?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will activate prior knowledge about how living things change as they grow.
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Changes, Changes Everywhere!
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of how living things grow and change.