Biological Sciences Animal Features Unit - Year 1

About this teaching resource

Are you looking to engage your students through rich inquiry, investigation and exploration in Science whilst developing vocabulary, comprehension, world knowledge and writing?

You can start achieving this easily through this wonderful unit developed for Year 1’s using the Australian Curriculum: Living things have a variety of external features ACSSU017

This collection contains:

• 6 rich inquiry lessons
• Vocabulary cards
• Word learning strategy and chart
• Mini Book template
• Vintage posters of animal drawings – display digitally or print

Linked to this unit is the Animal Children Collection, 28 poems about animals to allow young scientists to wonder, explore, investigate and learn. Find it here.

Your children will enjoy discovering the wonderful world of animal features as they learn how to read and write like scientists.

Australian curriculum alignment

Year 1