Description

“Platypus Science”
Grade 6-7

“Platypus Science” is a 3-page science and literacy lesson pack Upper Primary School and into High School. It could include Year 8 depending on the students’ standard. This worksheet set is more about a scientific method than about the platypus. But there are terrific facts about this primitive mammal as well.

What’s in “Platypus Science :

>begins with a text for independent reading.
>gives an account of studies about this animal’s diet.
>First important study of the platypus in captivity was a failure, 1935.
>Text explains controlled studies and anecdotal evidence. 

The target words are scientific terms of Latin origin and their plurals. Text tells the story, has sub-headings, and a footnote.  It’s followed by a variety of written tasks.

Anyone can use this material and teach successfully on a one-to-one. It can also be used in small group settings in schools as well as the standard classroom. Self-contained so let the text be the guide.

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Science experiments, videos and articles : https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/science

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