Learning objective
Knowledge
- To group animals in various ways.
Working scientifically
- To record data in different ways.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can sort animals into groups based on
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
Mathematics (Year 3)
Statistics
Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Alive? and recap the names of the life processes (movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and nutrition). Remind the children that these are the things living things need to do to survive.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could be provided with the Resource: Animal sorting word bank (support) to help identify characteristics when sorting vertebrates and invertebrates into groups (stick them into their books for use in other lessons, including Lesson 3: Classification keys); could use the Knowledge organiser to help them identify vertebrates and invertebrates.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should create their own examples of Carroll and Venn diagrams using categories they have chosen; should debate whether humans should be classified differently from other animals and why (humans should not be classified differently from other animals as they are mammals with hair and are similar to apes or humans should be classified differently from other animals as they can invent things like tools, medicines and technology).
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: sorting living things into
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can identify broad groups of animals (including vertebrates: fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals).
- I can identify broad groups of animals (including invertebrates: spiders, insects, worms, snails and slugs).
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Vocabulary definitions
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amphibian
Vertebrates, including frogs and toads.
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bird
Vertebrates, including owls and blackbirds.
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y4: Classification and changing habitats
Lesson 1: Grouping living things: Vertebrates and invertebrates
Lesson 2: Grouping living things: Plants
Lesson 3: Classification keys
Lesson 4: Habitats and seasonal change
Lesson 5: Human impacts on habitats
Lesson 6: Natural changes to habitats
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 9th October, 2024
