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National Curriculum Skills Science – Communicate clearly using relevant science vocabulary. ESDGC – The natural environment. Learning Intention To sort creatures according to concepts: appearance, reproduction, diet and habitat. Classifying Animals Activity Outline Children to read and match statements to creatures. Children to negotiate/exchange information between groups. Classify creature appropriately. To develop own keys for each coloured statement. Resources Illustrated creature card Sets of colour coded statements for each creature – Red: breeding habits Blue: appearance Green: place in the food chain Back: habitat/location Classification sheet -insect, mollusc, myriapod, reptile, bird and mammal Blank key for each statement 3

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Page 1: Woodland Lesson 3 - Classifying Animals · • To sort creatures according to concepts: appearance, reproduction, diet and habitat. Classifying Animals ... • They will need to exchange/negotiate

National Curriculum Skills

Science – Communicate clearly using relevant science vocabulary.

ESDGC – The natural environment.

Learning Intention

• To sort creatures according to concepts: appearance, reproduction, diet and habitat.

Classifying Animals

Activity Outline

Children to read and match statements to creatures.

Children to negotiate/exchange information between groups.

Classify creature appropriately.

To develop own keys for each coloured statement.

Resources

Illustrated creature card

Sets of colour coded statements for each creature –

Red: breeding habits

Blue: appearance

Green: place in the food chain

Back: habitat/location

Classification sheet -insect, mollusc, myriapod, reptile, bird and mammal

Blank key for each statement

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Lesson Outline

• Split the class into groups of four.

• Display illustrations of each creature and give one to each group.

• Explain there are four colour coded statements to accompany each picture.

• Share out all the statements (jumbled up) between the children. Each group to have four statements only.

• Each pupil is given one of these statements.

• The group must try to match the clues to their creature.

• They will need to exchange/negotiate with other groups to find all four clues for their creature (marketplace activity).

• Once all four clues have been collected, children use the classification sheet to classify their creature.

• Once completed, children reread the statement cards and decide on their own headings for each coloured statement (organising information sheet).

Classifying Animals

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I lay

aro

und

30 e

ggs

in a

hol

e in

the

gro

und

or u

nder

logs

or

leaf

litte

r.

I am

cov

ered

in a

laye

r

of t

hick

muc

us w

hich

help

s to

kee

p m

e

moi

st.

or

litte

r.

I liv

e in

moi

st a

reas

an

d I l

ike

to h

ide

unde

r tr

ee b

ark,

falle

n lo

gs

and

rock

s.

Mollusc

Mol

lusc

s ha

ve s

oft

bodi

es a

nd li

ve in

a

shel

l.Th

ey h

ave

one

foot

for

mov

ing.

Mos

t m

ollu

scs

live

in w

ater

.

laye

r

and

rock

s.

I eat

dea

d le

aves

, fu

ngus

and

dec

ayin

g pl

ant

mat

ter.

Som

e sp

ecie

s ea

t liv

e pl

ants

.

y ha

ve o

ne fo

ot fo

r m

ovin

g.M

ost

mol

lusc

s liv

e in

wat

er.

Wha

t do

es t

he in

form

atio

n te

ll us

?

How

doe

s it

rep

rod

uce

?

Wh

at d

oes

it e

at?

Wh

at d

oes

it l

ook

lik

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Wh

ere

doe

s it

liv

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Woo

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d C

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ifica

tion

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Bu

llfin

ch clu

esI lay 4 to 7 light blue

eggs in a nest of twigs and moss.

I have a stout black bill and a black cap. Males

have a bright pink chest.

Some gardeners dislike my love of buds, berries

and seeds!

I am quiet and secretive and like to spend time among

hedgerows and undergrowth in woodlands.

My eggs are sticky and are rolled into the soil as

they are laid.

I have one pair of legs on each segment of my body

(between 15 and 101 pairs in UK species).

I use my speed to catch woodlice, spiders, beetles and many other

insects.

I need a habitat which is moist so there is no

danger of me drying up!

Cen

tiped

e c

lues

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I lay around 30 eggs in a hole in the ground or under logs or leaf litter.

I am covered in a layer of thick mucus which helps

to keep me moist.

I eat dead leaves, fungus and decaying plant matter. Some

species eat live plants.

I live in moist areas and I like to hide under tree bark, fallen logs

and rocks.

I give birth to live young.

Although you might think I am a snake, I am actually a legless

lizard.

After rainfall or after dusk I come out to hunt on slow-moving prey such as slugs, snails, spiders, insects and

earthworms.

I prefer a humid habitat, and you might find me on the edges

of woodland.

slug

clues

slow

wo

rm clu

es

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Do

r Beetle clu

esI lay my eggs

underground. Each egg is laid with its own 'packed-

lunch' of dung!

I have large spiky front legs, specially adapted

for digging.

I eat my own weight in dung everyday!

I build a deep burrow under big piles of dung.

I have around 4 young per litter.

I have soft orange-brown fur and a long

tail.

I eat fruit, berries, flowers, nuts and

insects.

I live in woodlands and hedgerows, particularly those containing Hazel.

Do

rmo

use clu

es

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Classification sheet (1 Copy for each group)

Myriapod

They have a single pair of antennae.They range from

having over 750 legs to few

er than 10 legs.They have segm

ented bodies.

Birds.

All birds are w

arm blooded.

Birds have feathers.A

ll birds lay eggs.

Mollusc

Molluscs have soft bodies and m

any of them

live in a shell.They have one foot for m

oving.M

ost molluscs live in w

ater.

Reptile

They have skin covered in scales.M

ost reptiles lay eggs.They breathe air.

Classification sheetMammal

Most m

amm

als have hair or fur.A

ll mam

mals have w

arm blood.

All m

amm

als give birth to live young.M

amm

als produce milk.

Insect

Insects have an exoskeleton.They have three segm

ents to their bodies.They have 6 legs and com

pound eyes.

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What does the information tell us?

Organising Information - What information do we use to classify a species? (1 copy for each group)

What does the information tell us?