Learning objective
Knowledge
- To explain how organisms are classified using the Linnaean system.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
British values
- Mutual respect.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, check children can recall their Year 4 learning about living things from the unit Science, Year 4: Classification and changing habitats: What a living thing is. Some examples of living and non-living things. The seven life processes (acronym: MRS GREN). What a vertebrate is and some examples. What an invertebrate is…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could read the part of one of the naturalists on the Activity: Carl Linnaeus role play when acting out how he developed the Linnaean classification system; could be provided with the Knowledge organiser for the Wrapping up race and recreate it (instead of memorising it) using the Activity: Blank Linnaean system diagram and Activity: Linnaean system animals.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should write additional lines for the Activity: Carl Linnaeus role play to explain how modern science has further developed the Linnaean system; could choose an extension activity relating to Carl Linnaeus 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 the term
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can define an organism as a living thing.
- I can describe the work of Carl Linnaeus in creating the Linnaean and binomial systems.
- I can use a diagram to show the Linnaean system from kingdom through to species.
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Vocabulary definitions
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binomial system
A system used to give living things a two-part Latin name.
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characteristic
A feature that allows something to be sorted into a group.
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y6: Classifying big and small
Lesson 1: Carl Linnaeus and classification
Lesson 2: Cold-blooded vertebrates
Lesson 3: Warm-blooded vertebrates
Lesson 4: Invertebrates
Lesson 5: Plants
Lesson 6: Micro-organisms
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 28th November, 2024
