Learning objective

Knowledge

  • To classify the cold-blooded vertebrate groups using their common characteristics.

Working scientifically

  • To use a classification key to classify frog species.

Success criteria

Knowledge

  • I can define
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National curriculum

Science

Living things and their habitats

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Linnaean system diagram and remind the children of how the system is used to classify living things into increasingly small groups using their characteristics.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the Activity: Cold-blooded vertebrates poster: support version and fill in the blanks; could use the Knowledge organiser to help them identify vertebrates and invertebrates in the Attention grabber activity and write their riddle for the Wrapping up activity. 

Pupils working at greater depth

Should use facts from the ‘Extra information’ section in the Resource: Cold-blooded vertebrates research cards when completing their posters; should compare the similarities and differences between the cold-blooded vertebrates; could choose an extension activity relating to cold-blooded vertebrates from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: Classifying big and small.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining a vertebrate

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Knowledge outcomes

  • I can define a vertebrate as an animal with a backbone. 
  • I can name the cold-blooded vertebrate groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles).
  • I can describe the characteristics of fish (wet scales, cold-blooded, soft eggs, gills).
  • I can describe the characteristics of amphibians (moist skin, cold-blooded, jelly-coated eggs, gills/lungs/breathe through skin).
  • I can describe the characteristics of reptiles (dry scales, cold-blooded, leathery eggs, gills).
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Vocabulary definitions

  • vertebrate

    An animal with a backbone.

  • fish

    A vertebrate that breathes with gills, lays soft eggs in water, has wet scales and is cold-blooded (e.g. shark).

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