Digital Task Card 1

Year 2 Biological Science

Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves

This task card is to be used at the same time as

the PowerPoint.
Each PowerPoint Slide has an activity sheet to be
completed.
PowerPoint Slide 1
Change

- Living Things Grow and

1. Students look at the slide and think about

these questions.
2. What do you think the pictures mean?
3. Why do you think they go from the smallest to
the largest?
4. Why does the smallest picture look a bit
different to the largest picture?

a. On your activity sheet write down the title.

b. Look at the two pictures on this slide and
write down on your activity sheet what you
think they are about.
c. Write down on your activity sheet what you
think the PowerPoint will be about.

PowerPoint Slide 2 What do living things need to

survive?

1. Students look at the slide and think about these

questions.
2. Why do living things need these things to
survive?
3. Why do living things need air?
4. Why do living things need water?
5. Why do living things need shelter?
6. Why do living things need air?
7. Do you need these things to survive?

a. On your activity sheet draw a picture of

yourself using each of these needs.
i. Air
ii. Water
iii. Shelter
iv. Food
b. In the space provided below your drawings
label each picture.

PowerPoint Slide 3 Which of these are living

things?
1. Students look at the slide and think about these
questions.
2. What do you think the different pictures mean?
3. What have you just learned about living things?
4. Does that help you to answer the question on
this page?
5. Think about what it means to be living.

a. On your activity sheet underneath each

picture circle Living or Non-living.
b. In the space provided write why you have
chosen living or non-living as your answer.

PowerPoint slide 4 Humans change

1. Students look at the slide and think about
these questions.
2. What is happening as this human being is
getting bigger?
3. What stages of a human beings life have you
been through so far?
4. Think of a parent, carer or grandparent that
you know. What stages have they been
through so far?

a. Complete the activity sheet you have by

placing the correct pictures and labels in
the correct boxes.

PowerPoint Slide 5 Animals change

1. Students look at the slide and think about these
questions.
2. What is happening to the little puppy at the
beginning of the slide?
3. Have you had a pet? Did your pet change each
year like this one?

a. Complete your activity sheet by drawing a

line connecting the young animal with the
correct adult animal.

PowerPoint slide 6 Plants change

1. Students look at the slide and think about these
questions.
2. What is happening to this plant?
3. Why is it changing?
4. What do you think the plant looked like in the
beginning?
a. This is a hands-on activity so you will need
to collect your materials kit from your
teacher.
b. Follow the instructions in Activity sheet 6.