Living things, animals and us - Warwickshire Heritage Learning

Workshop title	Living things, animals and us
Key stage	2
Delivered at	Market Hall Museum, Warwick
Duration	2 hours with an optional 1 hour self led tour
Main focus	Science
Workshop outline	Play predator/prey top trumps as the children make themselves into food chains. Hunt out the predators and prey from the museum’s collections. Examine skulls of local animals and sort them into herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. Get up close with an owl’s lunch and write a menu from the teeth you find. Use environmental data to explore how humans have affected the fate of some of Warwickshire’s most at risk species. An optional one hour self-led tour of Priory Park is available to make your visit a full day trip.
Key skills covered	Conceptual understanding of key terms such as predator, prey, carnivore, herbivore and omnivore. Understand the implications of human activity on animal and plant species. Use classification keys to group animals and plants in a variety of ways.
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