Peppered MothLesson 2 – Key Stage 1

Starter Activity

• Spell the following words on your mini whiteboards:

Today’s Peppered Moth lesson

Today we are going to think about our school journeys

• Firstly, in pairs, discuss what your school journey was like today. Think of describing words for your neighbour’s journey

Let’s measure our school journeys

Come up to the Peppered Moth poster and place the correct coloured sticker on the Moth.

Transport sticker codes

Ideal school journey

• Write a short story about your ideal journey to school

• Include the Peppered Moth in your story

• Remember, walking, scooting and cycling are better for the air!

Peppered Moth sticker activity

The Peppered Moth will stay up for a few days, so every day stick the right sticker on the Moth when you arrive at school.

Draw a clean air journey to school

• Using paper and pens, draw a journey to school which is clean and good for the air around us

Design your own Clean Air badge

• Now you know which ways to get to school, that are good for the air

• Design a clean air badge that represents clean air on the school journey – this could link to walking, scooting or cycling

Plenary

• Think about all the work that you have done on clean air and the Peppered Moth

• In pairs think how you can make the air cleaner around the school