Year 2 Animals Including Humans – Basic Needs Lesson 4: What Do Animals in Our Local Environment Eat? Lesson Pack
This Year 2 Animals Including Humans – Basic Needs lesson pack focuses on investigating what animals eat in the local environment. As part of the Animals Including Humans – Basic Needs unit, pupils plan and carry out a simple test to find out how animals such as foxes, mice and ants meet their basic need for food.
In this Year 2 science investigation lesson, pupils explore the question: What do animals in our local environment eat? They examine food sources, plan an investigation using real materials and observe evidence to draw conclusions about survival and diet.
What’s included in this lesson pack?
- Step-by-step lesson plan with clear teaching guidance
- Interactive Year 2 science PowerPoint slides
- Differentiated Investigation Planning worksheet
- UK Animal Fact Files for research and discussion
- Assessment questions and key vocabulary support
What pupils will learn
- How animals meet their basic need for food
- How to plan and carry out a simple test in Year 2 science
- How to use evidence to suggest which animals have eaten different foods
- How to use vocabulary such as investigate, local environment, survival and protein
Working scientifically in KS1
Pupils suggest ways to answer a question, plan their own investigation and carry out a simple test outdoors. They observe closely, gather evidence and explain what they have discovered about animal diets and survival.
Ideal for Year 2 science
This differentiated Year 2 science lesson pack combines research, outdoor investigation and structured conclusion writing to deepen understanding of food as a basic need within the Animals Including Humans topic.
