Year 2 Animals Including Humans – Basic Needs Lesson 5: How Animals Use Their Senses to Survive (Badger) Lesson Pack
This Year 2 Animals Including Humans – Basic Needs lesson pack teaches pupils how animals use their senses to survive, focusing on the badger. As part of the Animals Including Humans – Basic Needs unit, this lesson explores how smell, hearing and touch help animals meet their basic needs of food, safety and survival.
In this Year 2 animal senses lesson, pupils investigate how badgers rely on their strong sense of smell and hearing rather than sight. Through practical outdoor games and structured activities, pupils experience how animals use their senses to find food, avoid danger and move safely through their environment.
What’s included in this lesson pack?
- Step-by-step lesson plan with clear teaching guidance
- Interactive Year 2 science PowerPoint slides for whole-class input
- Differentiated Badger Survival worksheet
- Animal Senses games instructions for practical outdoor learning
- Assessment questions and key vocabulary support
What pupils will learn
- How animals use their senses to survive
- Why badgers rely on smell and hearing rather than strong eyesight
- How senses such as smell, touch and hearing help animals find food and avoid predators
- How to explain the link between senses and survival in Year 2 science
Working scientifically in KS1
Pupils ask and answer questions about how senses support survival, observe closely during practical activities and use evidence to explain their ideas. Differentiated written tasks support pupils in describing how a badger uses its senses for survival.
Ideal for Year 2 science
This differentiated Year 2 science lesson pack combines outdoor investigation, sensory exploration and structured explanation to deepen understanding of survival within the Animals Including Humans topic.
