Objectives and Key Questions

1. Respond, in the light of their own experiences and thoughts, to items in the natural world (E1).
What are some of the wonderful things in nature and how did they get there?

2. What amazing things can we find around us and how did they get there?

3. Respond, in the light of their own experiences and thoughts, to items in the natural world (E1).

4. How do things change over time?

Teaching Activities

1. Ask children to look at a collection of natural objects including shells/ rocks/ wood/ flowers/ leaves etc. Ask the children where they came from/how do they exist? Show part 2 of Dottie & Buzz video (Creation). Ask children 'What is living?' 'What has lived before?' 'What was never alive?' (8a)

2. Ask children to look at pictures of animals/landscapes/mountains/planets, etc. Children paint picture of something that they feel is wonderful. (8a)

3. Take children on an exploration of the school grounds to find out what other wonderful things can be found. Take pictures with a digital camera of things that the children would like a picture of. Ask children 'How did this get here?' 'What is living?' 'What has lived before?'' 'What was never alive?' (8a)
Back in the classroom, ask children to tell you what they noticed and begin a list of different sorts of living things, objects and aspects of nature (eg sky, wind).

4. Set up a Nature Table in the classroom, including printed pictures of items taken with the digital camera on the exploration of the school grounds, and invite children to bring in things from outside school. Circle Time to show these things. Ask children to choose one item and say what they notice about it. How long has is been there? 1 week, 1 year, 5 years, 100 years? (8a).

Assessment Opportunities

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3. By answering questions, children respond to items in the natural world which may cause people to wonder (E1).

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