A no-prep, 4-lesson science unit on Animals, including humans (KS1 Year 2: animals have offspring which grow into adults), written for Year 1 (ages 5-6). Phenomenon-first and three-dimensional: every lesson opens with something to wonder about and builds toward the unit’s big question. Open and teach — full teacher plans, projectable slides, three differentiated pupil worksheets per lesson, a complete printable lab pack, a knowledge organiser, and a baseline + end-of-unit assessment.

Big question: How do parent animals and their young behave to help the young stay alive?

What’s included

• 4 × Teacher lesson plans (Word) on the 5E spine (Engage · Explore · Explain · Elaborate · Evaluate)
• 4 × Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 4 × Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, 16:9 widescreen)
• 1 × Full lab pack (Word) — investigation question, fair-test variables, household and lab equipment lists, a real risk assessment, a blank results table, and analysis + conclusion scaffolds
• 1 × Knowledge organiser (Word, A4 landscape)
• 1 × Baseline + end-of-unit assessment with a teacher answer key and three-dimensional items
• Hand-coded diagrams with clear labels for the unit’s key ideas — never AI-generated
• Original illustrations for every phenomenon hook

Lesson outline

1. Parents look after their young
2. How young animals get help
3. Staying close and staying safe
4. Patterns that help the young survive

Pupils will know

• Many animals look after their young after they are born or hatch.
• Parents feed their young and keep them safe and warm.
• Young animals behave in ways that help them get help, like crying or calling.
• Young animals follow their parents to stay safe and learn.
• These behaviours are a pattern that helps the young survive.