Learning objective
Knowledge
- To classify invertebrates using their characteristics.
Working scientifically
- To use a classification key to classify invertebrates.
Success criteria
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
Art and design
Pupils
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Hand out the children’s copies of the Activity: Vertebrate characteristics table from Lesson 3: Warm-blooded vertebrates and ask the children to tick the characteristics of birds and mammals. Reveal the answers using the Presentation: Comparing warm-blooded vertebrates and allow the children to mark their answers.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could work in pairs to make their invertebrate models, alternating between modelling the clay and adding the labels each round; could use the Knowledge organiser to help them complete the Activity: Vertebrate characteristics table (Recap and recall) and answer the questions in the Main event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should create a table (similar to the Activity: Vertebrate characteristics table) to compare the characteristics of the invertebrates; could choose an extension activity relating to invertebrates 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 invertebrates; naming,
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can define an invertebrate as an animal without a backbone.
- I can describe the characteristics of worms (segmented, soft bodies, no legs or exoskeletons).
- I can describe the characteristics of snails (unsegmented, soft bodies with an external shell and no legs).
- I can describe the characteristics of spiders (two body segments, eight legs, exoskeletons, mostly have eight eyes).
- I can describe the characteristics of insects (three body segments, six legs, exoskeletons, mostly have two pairs of wings).
- I can compare the characteristics of the invertebrate groups.
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Vocabulary definitions
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classification key
A diagram used to sort organisms using their similarities and differences.
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exoskeleton
A skeleton on the outside of the body.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 6th December, 2024
