A no-prep, 4-lesson science unit on Living things and their habitats (KS1 Year 2), written for Year 2 (ages 6-7). 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: What lives in different places, and why is each place home to different living things?

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. What is a habitat?
2. Exploring a small habitat
3. Comparing two habitats
4. Why living things suit their habitat

Pupils will know

• A habitat is the natural home of a plant or animal.
• Different habitats are home to different living things.
• Living things live in a habitat that gives them what they need (food, water, shelter).
• Some habitats have many different kinds of living things; this is biodiversity.
• We can compare habitats by observing and counting the living things in each.