A ‘hands-on’ (or should it be ‘bands-on’) practical lesson looking at how certain man-made material hazards (litter)  can restrict an animal’s ability to feed properly.

Curriculum coverage

NC references

Working Scientifically

• using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.
• reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions
• identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments

Animals, including humans

• identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat – consider the impact of plastic pollution on animals’ ability to feed.

Learning objectives

To observe and consider the effects of plastic pollution on animals

To present evidence in a range of ways