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Animal Investigations

Audience: KS1 Science
Location: Cuffley, Hudnall Park

Description of Activity
  • Animal evidence hunt
  • Exploring animal homes
  • Investigating a specific habitat for the range of animal life it sustains
  • Animal needs
  • Identification using picture keys
  • Invertebrate investigation
  • Camouflage activity
  • Animal menu game
Learning Outcomes

Children will:

  • Be able to identify a number of animals
  • Gain heightened observational skills
  • Discover that animals have specific habitats
  • Know how to care for the animals they are investigating
  • Be able to record their observations in situ
  • Be able to use investigative equipment
  • Gain an understanding of animal camouflage
  • Understand how animals and plants are linked by food chains