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Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)

Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation

QCA

Vocabulary

In this unit children will have opportunities to use:

  • words relating to plant growth eg fertiliser, nutrients
  • words and phrases relating to feeding relationships eg consumer, producer, predator, prey, food chain
  • words which have different meanings in other contexts eg fertiliser, consumer, producer, key, suited, plant food
  • expressions for summarising and generalising.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Introduction
2. Plants and light
3. Fertiliser
4. Animals and plants in the local habitat
5. Interdependence of plants and animals
6. Food chains
7. Plants adapting to soil conditions
8. Testing soil
9. Animals and plants in a different habitat
10. Tracing food chains