KS1 & KS2 science curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from New life, where they explored how animals, including humans, have offspring that grow into adults. In Reproduction and life cycles: animals, pupils will study the life cycles of various animals, including mammals, amphibians, and birds, and understand the stages of growth and reproduction. This prepares them for the next unit, Evolution and inheritance, where they will explore how animals evolve over time and pass on traits, linking reproduction to the broader concepts of inheritance and evolution.

1. Animal groups
2. Insects (non-statutory)
3. Mammal life cycles
4. Bird life cycles
5. Comparing the life cycles of mammals and birds
6. Amphibian life cycles
7. Insect life cycles
8. Comparing the life cycles of amphibians and insects
9. Endangered animals and life cycles (non-statutory)
10. More about endangered animals (non-statutory)
11. Animal gestation periods

• Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults