More about endangered animals (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can communicate information about why some animals are in danger of becoming extinct, and what can be done to help them.
Key learning points
- Endangered animals are animals that are in danger of becoming extinct.
- Everyone can take action to help prevent animals from becoming extinct.
- Scientists communicate information in clear and interesting ways to make it easy to understand.
Keywords
Extinct - Animals or plants that have died out completely are extinct.
Conservationist - A conservationist is a scientist who works to prevent animals from becoming endangered or extinct.
Endangered - An endangered plant or animal is one that is at risk of becoming extinct.
Communicate - To communicate is to share or exchange information or ideas.
Common misconception
Pupils may think they personally can't do anything to prevent animals becoming endangered/extinct.
Use the resources to explain the things pupils can do to help, and encourage them to think specifically about which are possible for them.
Teacher tip
Give children as much freedom as possible to record their information for task B. Electronic tablets could be used to record videos, and there are lots of free apps available for creating engaging presentations with audio and visual elements.
Equipment
Internet access for research (optional)
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a species?
Q2.What are endangered animals at risk of?
Q3.Which of these changes to a habitat could lead to an animal becoming endangered?
Q4.What does it mean when a species has become extinct?
Q5.Which of these is an example of climate change?
Q6.The clearing away of large areas of forest and woodland is called .
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? Everyone can take action to help endangered animals.
Q2.Why do scientists present their findings in a clear and interesting way?
Q3.When a species is at risk of becoming extinct, it is classed as .
Q4.What does it mean to communicate something?
Q5.Which of these are actions we can take to help prevent climate change?
Q6.Which of these is not work that conservationists do?
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To help you plan your 5 science lesson on: More about endangered animals (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability), download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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