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Lesson Four – Animal Groups

This computing teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to practise searching for information about different animals in a database using selected criteria. The class can explain how and why they have sorted sets of animals into matching groups for their appearance and habitats.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to practise searching for information about different animals in a database using selected criteria

Learning Objectives

Use technology purposefully to manipulate and retrieve digital content. Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school.

Learning Outcomes

I can search for information in a database. I can sort animals into different groups based on their characteristics.

Animal Groups

Teaching sequence to help the children practise searching for information about different animals in a database using selected criteria

Animal Groups

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify groups of animals to match different criteria for appearance and habitats

Animal Groups

Activity cards to get the children to search a database to find and record groups of animals to match different criteria

Animal Groups

Interactive activity to help the children practise searching for information about different animals in a database using selected criteria

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to practise searching for information about different animals in a database using selected criteria

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