SHORT-EARED OWL
Goals Covered
This free educational resource provides both topic plans and learning materials in five modules, starting with Let the investigations begin, along with Habitat, Adaptation, Life Cycle and Food Chains. The materials are designed to be adaptable for the use of Key Stage 1 and 2 learners. There are fact sheets and examples included, where required.
If you wish to download the entire pack then click download to the right of this panel. Each module may be reviewed and downloaded individually using the drop down menu on the panel below. Within the Let the investigations begin module there is a Background reading page with links which useful reading materials from a variety of sources about the short-eared owl.
The learning objectives for each of the five modules are:
A - Let the investigations begin: Recognise the key features of the short-eared owl; Understand that the short-eared owl populations have decreased in the UK and they are an amber list protected species. Curriculum links: Science, Art and Design; Geography - locational knowledge; Literacy.
B - Habitat: Understand that a habitat is a place where plants and animals live where they get everything they need to survive; Recognise that different plants and animals live in different habitats; Describe the habitat of the short-eared owl. Curriculum links: Science - Living things and their environment.
C - Adaptation: Understand that living things are adapted to their habitat and lifestyle in different ways including physical and behavioural adaptations, identify some of these adaptations in short eared owls. Curriculum links: Science - adaptation in animals. Asking questions and using scientific evidence to answer questions and present theories. Literacy – using language well to explain your thoughts and ideas to others.
D - Life Cycle: Understand the different stages of a short-eared owls life cycle and what a short-eared owl needs to breed successfully. Curriculum links: Science - Living things and their environment, life cycles.
E - Food Chains: Understand that all animals have a predator-prey relationship; use varied vocabulary to describe how living things get their energy; understand that energy transfers through from plants to animals as they feed. Curriculum links: Science - Living things and their environment.